Sudan bombing 'causing huge suffering' in border state

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Source: The Guardian

An air strike campaign in the Sudanese border state of Southern Kordofan is causing "huge suffering" to civilian populations and endangering humanitarian assistance in the region, the United Nations has said.

The northern military has been fighting southern-aligned groups it describes as rebels in the oil state for more than a week, with clashes escalating to include artillery and aircraft.

"Intensive bombing by SAF (the north's Sudanese Armed Forces) in the past week is continuing in the surroundings of Kadugli and Kauda, where two jet fighters dropped 11 bombs this morning around 10.30, apparently targeting an airfield," UN mission in Sudan (UNMIS) spokesman Kouider Zerrouk said on Tuesday.

He said two bombs fell close to the perimeter of a UNMIS compound 150 metres from the airfield.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/14/sudan-bombing-border-state