Sudanese army says eastern mountains free from rebels

Khartoum-The Sudanese army announced, on Wednesday, that the eastern mountains in South Kordofan state are free from the rebels after the army was able to liberate 12 areas.

In a statement, the spokesman of the armed forces, Khalid Sa’ad has said that the armed forces were able to liberate 12 areas in the eastern mountains saying that thee after mountains have become free from the rebels".

The SPLM-North did not issue any statement in response to the Sudanese army statement".
Since June 20122 the SPLM-North has been fighting the government of Khartoum in Blue Nile and South Kordofan states on the borders with South Sudan under claims of marginalization and exclusion by the federal government that denies this accusation..