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Sudan arrests opposition leader after rebel attack (AFP)

Posted by on May 12, 2008

Islamist rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) seen near the the Sudan-Chad border in north-west Darfur in 2007. Sudan has arrested Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi and at least four other members of his party after an attack by Darfur rebels on the capital, which has led to the rupture of ties between Sudan and neighbouring Chad.(AFP/File/Stuart Price)AFP - Sudan arrested Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi and at least four other members of his party on Monday after an attack by Darfur rebels on the capital, which has led to the rupture of ties between Sudan and neighbouring Chad.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

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