location: Kutum
notes: SLM/A claims to have killed 500 GoS troops and taken 300 PoWs during fighting north of Kutum. The GoS has denied this report of the SLM/A destroying an infantry battalion, saying a small recon team was dealing with bandits and that North Darfur is entirely under GoS control.
target_text: location: Kutum, fatalities: 500