Sudan’s Abyei Clashes Displace 113,000 People, UN Reports

Almost 113,000 people have fled Sudan’s disputed border region of Abyei since fighting started last month between troops from the north and south, the United Nations said today.

A Sudanese army Antonov aircraft dropped two bombs 500 meters to 1 kilometer from the UN compound today in Kadugli, the capital of northern Sudan’s Southern Kordofan state, where clashes over the last two weeks displaced 60,000 people, said UN spokesman Kouider Zerrouk. The bombs were dropped in the state, which borders Abyei, even though there were no clashes around the compound, he said.