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Airstrikes, artillery shelling on Sudan-S.Sudan border
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Sudan on Tuesday carried out new An AFP correspondent in the South Sudanese frontline village of Tashwin heard heavy artillery shelling and multiple Khartoum vowed late Tuesday to react with "all means" against a three-pronged attack it said South Sudanese forces had launched against South Kordofan state, including its key oil-producing region of Heglig. A statement on the official SUNA news agency warned of "destruction" in South Sudan. The bombing follows border fighting that erupted two weeks ago between the two neighbours, the most serious unrest since Juba's independence last July, and prompted international fears of a return to full-blown conflict. Southern Information Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin said that Sudanese airplanes "bombarded Abiemnom, well within the sovereign territory of South Sudan." "Initial reports confirmed that four civilians have been maimed, including a small child," Benjamin told news hounds in the Southern capital Juba. Posted by: Fred 2012-04-11 |
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