location: Wad Bandah
notes: The Sudanese army said it killed Khalil Ibrahim, the leader of a main Darfur rebel group, JEM, along with thirty of his fighters, during fighting west of the capital Khartoum, touting the death as a key victory over the rebels who had rejected a peace deal with the government. It is unclear if he was the only causality in the fighting.
target_text: location: Wad Bandah, fatalities: 31