By Prensa Latina
United Nations : Sudan rejected allegations Wednesday that its troops attacked a caravan of the United Nations-African Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).
“The attack was not launched by government troops,” asserted Sudanese Ambassador to the UN Abdelmahmoud Abdelhalim Mohamed during a brief meeting with press at the end of a Security Council meeting.
Tuesday an official UN spokesman said “a clearly identified UNAMID caravan was attacked on Monday by members of the Sudanese Armed Forces as it moved from Um Baru to Tine, in western Darfur.”
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the attack and said the world body was “making representations to the government of Sudan” about the incident.
However, Jartum’s envoy to the UN said the Sudanese Army had nothing to do with the action, which was allegedly carried out by rebel groups operating in the area. He particularly accused the Justice and Equality Movement.
This has been one of the main rebel groups which has not responded to UN/AU efforts to reach a peace agreement to end more than four years of conflict in Darfur.