Civil Society Demonstrate Against Kiir-Adem Bombings By Khartoum

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Sudan’s army had last week confirmed it attacked an area near the South Sudanese border where Darfur rebels had set up a compound, but South Sudan said bombs landed on its territory, killing five people.

The incident adds to growing concern over delays in implementing security and oil deals which the leaders of Sudan and South Sudan hailed in September as ending conflict, after they fought along their undemarcated border in March and April.

“The SSCSA hereby strongly condemned the continuous aerial bombardment which was deliberately carried out by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on the innocent civilians inside the territories of South Sudan,” states a statement read by the SSCSA Chairperson Deng Athuai.

“The SSCSA is anxiously concerned on the big silences of the international community on those deplorable violations which might not promote the international peace and security,” added Deng.

It also appealed to the South Sudanese government to protect the citizens along the borderline between South Sudan and Sudan, lodge complain to the United Nations Security Council and summon the Sudanese ambassador to South Sudan.

They have not been able to resolve the disagreement despite African Union (AU) mediation which led to the September deals that included a demilitarised border buffer zone designed to cut support for insurgencies in Sudan.

Sudan has long accused South Sudan of working with the rebels a charge denied by the South.

The two nations have not been able to agree on practical steps to implement the September pacts, the AU said on November 10, urging “full and timely implementation”.

Khartoum accuses South Sudan of backing those rebels in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states.

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