Dr. Yasin Miheisi.
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In a surprise attack, which started 5.30 a.m. Sunday 12 Jan., the SPLA forces , deploying heavy weaponry, captured Kurmuk and Gaissan, two key garrisons on the border with Ethiopia. In less than a week, the opposition joint forces had advanced to within 30 km of the key eastern town of Damazin, site of the main hydroelectric dam which supplies Khartoum with most of its power. On a separate front, NDA forces attacked along the Eritrean border near the town of Kassala. and captured the army garrison of Godamayeb. According to NDA statements, their forces managed to destroy four Sudan army brigades, and they now control around 1,500 square miles, or 15 per cent of Blue Nile state.