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50 said killed in clashes

    JOHANNESBURG

    More than 50 people have died and several others were injured following clashes between Maraheelen militias and SPLA troops at "Bangela" in southeast Sudan this week, a newspaper report claimed. The 'Alwan' newspaper said 20 SPLA soldiers died in the clash while the militias lost 29.

    SPLM/A spokesman Samson Kwaje, who could neither confirm nor deny the incident, said the name of the place where the incident reportedly took place was "debatable". "Unless the story is referring to Panjella in Upper Nile, we do not know about Bangela," he said.

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