Sudan’s government once again accused the government of South Sudan of supporting the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), a Sudanese rebel coalition group, last Saturday.
A source within the Sudanese government on Saturday claimed that the Juba government is supporting SRF rebel forces with military equipment and ammunition across the Pariang county border crossing with Unity state.
The alleged support came, according to the source, as a result of the recent cooperation agreement between SPLM-N and the Minawi faction of the SLM/A, adding that there remains a trend within Juba to deliver support to the Sudanese JEM rebels and Abdel Aziz Al-Hilu in South Kordofan state.
“The support included large quantities of weapons and ammunition as well as military tactical training in a secret military camp within South Sudan,” the source elaborated.
Sudan and South Sudan committed in March to overcome all obstacles to a cooperative relationship – including a pledge not to support proxy rebel militias – as stipulated in an agreement signed in September last year.
However, the exchange in accusations resumed last week as Juba accused Khartoum of supporting a rebel group led by David YauYauin Jonglei state after he took control ofthe town of Boma.
Meanwhile, Sudanese military intelligence and national security services refuted a recent claim that the deputy SPLM-N chairman and commander in-chief of SRF, Abdel-Aziz Al Hilu, was killed when his motorcade was bombed near Abu-Karsholla in South Kordofan.
The intelligence information department confirmed in a statement to the Sudan News Agency (SUNA) that Abdel-Aziz is alive and running, what was described as, “acts of murder” and “looting” in South Kordofan, targeting civilians and their property.
The SRF have recently launched offensive attacks on the towns of Umm-Ruwaba and Abu-Karsholla previously.
File photo: Parliament building in Khartoum