SUDAN WAR: ARMY SAYS IT INFLICTS HEAVY LOSSES ON RSF IN DARFUR, KORDOFAN. (PHOTO).

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 Sudan war: Army says it inflicts heavy losses on RSF in Darfur, Kordofan Sudan’s army on Friday said that it inflicted heavy losses on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during a series of air and ground operations carried out over the past week in the Darfur and Kordofan regions. In a statement, the military said its forces conducted strikes against RSF positions, destroying around 240 combat vehicles and killing hundreds of fighters, Anadolu Agency reported. The army said the operations also targeted what it described as RSF logistical and operational facilities, including drone-related sites and storage areas, as well as locations at Nyala Airport in South Darfur. It added that ground forces had succeeded in pushing RSF fighters out of wide areas in both Darfur and Kordofan, and that operations were ongoing to pursue remaining elements. Civilians displaced Fighting has intensified in recent weeks across Sudan’s three Kordofan states – North, West and South – where clashes between t...

ONE FEARED DEAD AS GUNMEN ABDUCT JOURNALISTS TRAVELLING TO UYO FOR SUPER EAGLES MATCH. (PHOTO).


 One feared dead as gunmen abduct journalists travelling to Uyo for Super Eagles match


Some sports journalists who were travelling to Uyo, through Anambra State, to cover a football event in Awka Ibom State, have been kidnapped.


The Super Eagles will take on Libya in an African Nations Cup qualifier in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Friday.


A source told newsmen that the journalists, who were about 11 in number, were travelling in a bus through Iseke, around the Ihiala area of Anambra, when they were kidnapped.


The incident was said to have happened on Wednesday.


Another source said on Thursday morning that nine of the journalists have been rescued, while one is feared dead.


The source said four of the victims are still being held in captivity.


Meanwhile, Police authorities in Anambra have confirmed the incident.


The spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who spoke to our correspondent on Thursday, said men of the Command have been deployed to rescue the journalists.


“We intercepted the information as was being shared on various social media platforms yesterday, and we went to work immediately.


“As I speak to you, a joint operation is ongoing. We are however not sure if they are in captivity or were able to escape.”


Ikenga said he has no information on the rescue of any of the victims, but assured that operatives of the Command were working to free the abducted newsmen.

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