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SPLA, government deny involvement

[Benin] President Mathieu Kerekou of Benin, July 2005. Sylvia d'Almeida
President Mathieu Kerekou is barred from running for re-election
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    Khartoum has blamed the attack on the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), which has denied involvement. SPLA spokesman Samson Kwaje in turn held government forces and those of assistant president Riak Machar reponsible. Machar is a former rebel brought into government after a 1997 peace deal; his Southern Sudan Defence Forces (SSDF) have been in conflict with government troops in recent weeks over control of oilfields in Unity State.

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