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ALALAM

Sudan's Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) says the army bombed its positions in Darfur on Monday, but the army rejected the accusation.

Sudan's army denied launching any attacks on JEM and a senior government official accused the movement of seizing new territory in the remote western region, against the terms of the same agreement.

Sudan's president Omar Hassan al-Bashir declared the seven- year Darfur conflict over after his government signed a ceasefire and initial peace deal with JEM in the Qatari capital Doha in February.

But further talks quickly stalled after JEM objected to Khartoum starting parallel discussions with another group.

"The bombing started at midnight and continued this morning ... These people (the government) are not interested in finding a political solution to the problem," said JEM spokesman Ahmed Hussein Adam, speaking from Qatar by phone.

Adam said government planes bombed JEM positions around the North Darfur areas of Abu Hamra, Furawiya and Jabel Moun.

But Sudan government dismissed JEM's accusations. "The Sudanese Army is committed to the ceasefire it has signed with JEM. It has not bombed any JEM positions," an army spokesman said.