Sudan will ask Interpol to arrest 20 rebel leaders it says supported an attack on Khartoum, state media reported today.
Those wanted include the leader of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), Khalil Ibrahim; the organisation's London-based spokesman, Ahmed Hussein; and two other senior commanders, the state Suna news agency reported.
JEM forces travelled across hundreds of miles of desert and scrub to strike Omdurman, a suburb of Khartoum on May 10th, the first time insurgents have reached the capital in decades.
Sudan's Justice Minister, Abdel Basit Sabderat, was quoted as saying the government had "began the adoption of procedures to retrieve 20 of the leaders of the Justice and Equality Movement through Interpol".
A number of foreign countries had cooperated by shutting down JEM offices, Suna quoted the minister as saying.
Sudan has announced a $250,000 reward for information leading to Ibrahim's capture.
Sudan broke off diplomatic relations with its western neighbour Chad, accusing it of organising and bankrolling the Khartoum attack. Soon after the assault a number of senior Sudanese officials were quoted as saying that another international power must have been involved in supporting the attack.