Cairo - The rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army said its forces had killed 257 government soldiers in major battles in southern Sudan in the last few days.
It said in a statement from the Eritrean capital Asmara late on Tuesday that its forces had killed 187 troops and wounded 130 in heavy fighting on Sunday in southern Blue Nile state. , about 600 km south-east of Khartoum. It said 70 government soldiers had been killed in another battle in the same area two days earlier.