38 men killed in rebel attack on relief convoy in Sudan
Thirty-eight men were killed when rebels in west Sudan's Darfur region attacked a relief convoy and had a gunbattle with military escorts, a media service and an official statement said yesterday.
The Sudanese Media Center and the humanitarian affairs ministry said the incident occurred on Monday at Ambru in North Darfur, part of a region where fighting since February last year has triggered a major humanitarian crisis.
In a statement, the ministry denounced the attack, which it said was the second one to be made on an Ambru relief convoy. It made no mention of fighting or casualties.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. SMC reported that nine government soldiers and 29 rebels were killed in the gunbattle.
The government said it had lodged a complaint against the rebels with the African Union's ceasefire monitoring committee based in Al-Fashir. The attack brought to 109 the number of violations of last April's ceasefire by the rebels.
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