Sudan purchased MIG 29s?

any info on this….?
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SUDAN USES OIL MONEY TO FUND WAR :

WASHINGTON [MENL] — Sudan has employed its new oil revenues to purchase advanced weapons from China and Russia.

A Brussels-based think tank said in a report that the military platforms purchased by Khartoum with oil revenues include MiG-29s from Russia. Sudan is said to have a dozen MiG-29 fighter-jets in an estimated $400 million deal.

Sudan and the rebel Sudanese People’s Liberation Army have agreed on the framework of a peace plan that could result in a referendum on the war-torn south in 2008. The agreement does not include that of an immediate ceasefire.

In its report, the International Crisis Group predicted an escalation of the civil war with Khartoum intending to exploit its increasing advantage in air power. The group said the Khartoum and the SPLA are preparing to increase fighting on several fronts in southern, central and eastern Sudan.
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Link: http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2002/august/08_16_4.html