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SPLA claims capture of Boro town

    NAIROBI

    The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) on Tuesday reported that the SPLA had captured the town of Boro, near the border separating Darfur from the Central African Republic, thereby bringing to a close the “complete liberation” of Western Bahr al-Ghazal. The rebels’ statement said its Special Commando Brigade had taken control of Boro on Saturday, 9 June.

    The Sudanese embassy spokesman in Nairobi, Muhammad Dirdiery, did not deny the town had been captured. The SPLA was continuing its offensive in “an otherwise very peaceful part of Sudan,” he told IRIN on Wednesday. This was further evidence that the SPLA was continuing its atrocities against the people of Western Bahr al-Ghazal, he added. Dirdiery said the offensive had displaced 40,000 people and exacerbated the already difficult humanitarian situation in the country.

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