Khartoum admitted on 2 November that it had carried out air raids against rebels in western Sudan. According to armed forces spokesman Mohammed Bashir Suleiman, the Sudanese airforce attacked Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A - formally the Darfur Liberation Front) positions in the Darfur region, but said that the raids would not break the two-month old ceasefire. 'Since midday yesterday [1 November] we noticed suspicious movements of the armed groups belonging to the Justice and Equality group in - an area not covered by the ceasefire signed in Abeche with the SLM/A,' he said. 'The issue was resolved militarily through air strikes.'