Excerpts from report by Sudanese radio

An urgent report from Wau town [southern Sudan], issued by an official source of the armed forces, said that a large and substantial number of the renegade forces and citizens in the Mirial Baia area have started to arrive and surrendered their weapons to the forces based there.

On Tuesday [30th December 1997] morning, following valuable and praiseworthy efforts by Gen Kerubino Kwanyin [Bol] and his direct contact with field commanders and soldiers of the renegade forces, a force of 687 people and seven field commanders with all their weapons surrendered to commander Kerubino and the armed forces based there.

Sudanese troops

Gen Kerubino immediately contacted the armed forces command at Wau [asking them] to send the necessary reinforcement for this large number of returnees. The command, the popular authority and organizations responded by providing the required assistance.

The source added that yesterday morning, Wednesday, another group of soldiers and citizens streamed over and the number of forces that surrendered reached more than 1,100 soldiers and 13 officers with all their weapons.

A large number of citizens numbering 500,000 returnees streamed across, which made it necessary to send urgent humanitarian assistance to save the situation there...

A delegation of the returning officers, accompanied by members of the armed forces and forces of commander Kerubino, have visited Wau town to ensure that there is security and peace there...

Source: Republic of Sudan Radio, Omdurman, in Arabic 0430 gmt 1 Jan 98

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