THE Sudanese army said on Thursday its troop have recaptured a strategic area of the Nuba Mountains in central Sudan, killing or wounding more than 200 rebels in oil-rich areas, and are preparing to retake the towns of Raga and Deim Zubair in southern Sudan. Speaking on state-controlled Omdurman Radio, Armed Forces representative General Mohamed Beshir Suleiman said the government troops on Wednesday “liberated” Um Surduba locality in Southern Kordofan’s Nuba Mountains in central Sudan and “inflicted heavy losses in lives and equipment on the rebels.” – AFP