Khartoum warns on southern trips
A screen grab from a video released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on April 23, 2014 shows displaced people in a camp in Bentiu, on April 22, 2014. PHOTO | (UNMISS)
What you need to know:
- Speaking to journalists in Khartoum, deputy Speaker of the Sudanese Legislative Assembly Samia Ahmed Mohamed said the authorities in Khartoum were in touch with Juba on the matter.
- Rebels led by former vice-president Riek Machar captured Bentiu last Tuesday
Khartoum has urged its citizens not to travel to neighbouring South Sudan for security reasons.
The warning follows reports of clashes between South Sudanese army and rebels in key oil town of Bentiu where some Darfuri Sudanese were killed.
Speaking to journalists in Khartoum, deputy Speaker of the Sudanese Legislative Assembly Samia Ahmed Mohamed said the authorities in Khartoum were in touch with Juba on the matter.
She urged South Sudan to investigate the deaths.
Ms Mohamed further urged Juba to protect foreigners in its territories.
Rebels led by former vice-president Riek Machar captured Bentiu last Tuesday.
OVERRAN TOWN
Witnesses fleeing the area said hundreds of people, who have not been unaccounted for, were feared dead after rebel forces overran the town.
They confirmed incidents of disappearances and mass killings of civilians.
South Sudan State Security Advisor John Malok, speaking to Radio Tamazuj last week from an undisclosed location, claimed that the rebels killed hundreds of people when they took the city.
The rebels have denied committing any crimes or mass killings in South Sudan.
Dr Machar’s group spokesman Lul Ruai Koang told Radio Tamazuj they were not responsible for the killing of civilians.
He said they only fought people in uniforms.
