South Sudan Army Reports Clashes Yesterday in Abyei Region

Five Sudanese government troops were killed during a clash with Southern Sudan’s forces in the disputed border region of Abyei yesterday, the south’s army spokesman, Philip Aguer, said.

Seven southern soldiers were wounded in the fighting along the Kiir River, which is known as Bahr al-Arab in northern Sudan, Aguer said today by phone from Juba, the regional capital. Sudan’s army spokesman, Al-Sawarmi Khaled, said his forces weren’t involved.