SUDAN: Government denies existence of new rebel group

The Sudanese government has denied the existence of a new rebel group in the country, which was this week reported to have seized a town in western Sudan. AFP reported from Khartoum on Wednesday that a new rebel group, calling itself the Front for the Liberation of Darfur (FLD), had seized the town of Gulu in Jebel Marrah province, and installed its own administration. The region is not currently covered by ongoing peace talks to end the long-running civil war in the country.