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New attack dismissed by government

    NAIROBI

    The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) said it had captured the army garrison of Temenya, north of Kassala, eastern Sudan. An SPLA press release said Temenya was a strategic military camp situated between Adararia and Aroma on the Khartoum-Port Sudan road. A 30 metre-long bridge was destroyed in the attack on 5 February, the SPLA said. Traffic had been brought to a halt for three days after the attack, until an alternative route was opened by the government, said the statement, which was released on 10 February.

    According to the SPLA, the attacking force was a "special National Democratic Alliance (NDA) commando force". But the government said Temenya was a police post, and did not have the strategic importance claimed by the SPLA.

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