KHARTOUM: Sudan´s president on Saturday announced a state of emergency in two states in the centre and east of the country, the official news agency said.
President Omar al-Bashir issued a decree to install the state of emergency in North Kordofan and Kasala for six months, SUNA said, without providing any reason. Kasala is on the country´s eastern border with Eritrea. A state of emergency is already in force in seven other conflict-ridden states. These include the five states that make up the region of Darfur, where govt forces have been battling rebels since 2003.
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