US condemns Sudan military bombing in South Kordofan
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February 3, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice,
has strongly condemned the bombing of a school in Sudan’s southern
region of South Kordofan by the country’s military forces.
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Photo of the school building destroyed by Sudan army bombing in South
Kordofan (Ryan Boyette)
Air forces of Sudan’s army on Wednesday dropped eight bombs on Heiban
town in South Kordofan, destroying a school and causing its teachers
and students to run for their lives.
The bombardment of the school, built by an American NGO two years ago,
was reported to the media by Ryan Boyette, an American journalist
present in the area. He reported that no one was harmed in the bombing
but recorded testimonies recounting the events.
One of the school teachers, Zachariah Boulus, said that everyone laid
down when the bomb fell and that his family ran for safety up the
mountains.
In a statement on Friday, Ambassador Rice condemned the attack, saying
it “underscores the viciousness of Sudan’s ongoing military campaign
in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states."
Sudan’s army has been fighting rebels of the Sudan People’s Liberation
Movement North (SPLMN) in South Kordofan as of June and Blue Nile as
of early September last year.
Rebels in the two states fought as part of South Sudan’s army before
the latter gained independence in July last year.
Sudan is adamantly opposed to allowing international aid groups to
access SPLMN controlled areas, accusing those calling for humanitarian
intervention of seeking to feed the rebels.
Violence in the two states has already forced about 417,000 people to
flee their homes, more than 80,000 of them to South Sudan, the United
Nations estimates.
Locals in the two states have been subjected to Locals in the two
states have been subjected to indiscriminate air raids and sporadic
ground fighting since the conflict began, according to human rights
groups and refugees.
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