Sudan’s military says it has seized control of a key rebel stronghold in the western region of Darfur.
An army spokesman, Al-Sawarmi Khaled, said more than 100 rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement (Jem) had been killed in the Jebel Moon area.
The rebels say they left the area three weeks ago to avoid civilian casualties.
The rebels signed a preliminary peace deal with the government earlier this year, but have since pulled out of further talks.
The BBC’s James Copnall in Sudan says the situation in Darfur has changed significantly as the rebels now appear to be dispersed in small groups throughout the region.
He says the intensity of the conflict in Sudan’s western region has dropped in recent years, although it has flared up in the last few weeks.
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