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Training camps for new militia

    NAIROBI

    The Sudanese People’s Defence Forces (PDF) will soon launch a new brigade, the Sudan government said. The Commander of the PDF, Brigadier Umar al-Amin Karar, said the Homeland Shield Brigade would be launched to “operation zones” and would be mobilized soon, the Sudanese News Agency (SUNA) reported on 13 January.

    Karar said new training centres were ready and open to receive recruits. He said that the PDF were backing up the armed forces, Suna reported.
    Meanwhile, the coordinator of the PDF Ali Ahmed Kurti, said that mobilisation of the Homeland Shield Brigade would be at various localities, and that he appreciated the participation of the civil service recruits in the PDF, said Suna.

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