Wednesday, July 20, 2011

UN Accusses Sudan Of War Crimes In South Kordofan



UN Mission Accuses Sudan Of Shelling And Torturing Civilians In Nuba War -- The Guardian

Khartoum is keeping UN peacekeepers in the dark as it wages a violent campaign against its African border people, say confidential reports to security council


The full horror of the campaign of violence that the government in Khartoum has unleashed against the black African Nuba people of Sudan has been laid bare in two confidential reports by the UN peacekeeping force that the Observer has obtained.

The accounts of "devastating" daily aerial bombardment of civilians, "indiscriminate shelling" of crowded civilian areas, summary executions and deliberate targeting of dark-skinned people are contained in a 19-page report requested by the UN security council. A second report details how "active obstruction by state authorities (in South Kordofan) has completely undermined the ability of the peacekeeping force, UN Mission in Sudan (Unmis), to fulfil the most basic requirements of its mandate" in the Nuba region.

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More News On The Violence In Sudan's South Kordofan State

Sudan accused of war crimes in South Kordofan -- Global Post
UN Accuses Sudan of Possible War Crimes in South Kordofan -- Voice of America
Sudan's South Kordofan fighting: UN warns of war crimes -- BBC
Sudan's Nuba People Flee Attacks -- Global Post
In Sudan border state, Nuba fighters ready for war -- AFP
Sudan army denies Darfur rebel attack in SKordofan -- AFP
U.N. concerned by mass graves in Sudan -- UPI

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