Sudanese Rebel Commander Denies Reports of his Death

{{ Abdel Aziz Adam El-Hilu, the General Chief of Staff of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) denied on Tuesday reports that he has been killed by the Sudanese military following the rebel alliance’s attack on Um Rawaba town in Northern Kordofan state on April 27.}}

“I am alive. Nothing has happened to me”, he told a local tabloid in an exclusive interview via phone on Tuesday from an undisclosed location.

“The Sudan Armed Forces know where we are and we know where they are”, he said before adding that wishing on the part of Khartoum that he was dead would not mean he would “vanish into the thin air”.

While other rebel officials dismissed reports of his demise, they declined to offer specifics on his location or address rumors that he might have been seriously injured.

On Monday the Sudanese minister of information Ahmed Bilal Osman claimed that el-Hilu was likely killed by a rocket that targeted a convoy of six vehicles he was in during SRF’s recent offensive in North and South Kordofan.

El-Hilu said that the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in Sudan was trying to stir anxiety among Sudanese people and discourage them from supporting the SRF rebel alliance.

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