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Sun Apr 15, 2012, 06:14 PM Apr 2012

(Sudan) Juba accuses Khartoum of bomb attack

Source: Reuters

South Sudan has accused Sudan of bombing a disputed oilfield "to rubble" on Sunday , a claim that Khartoum denied as it said it would not negotiate until the south withdrew all its troops from the area.

South Sudan's information minister, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, told reporters in Juba that the aerial bombardment of the facility – in the Heglig region – had caused serious damage.

"They are bombing the central processing facility and the [oil] tanks to rubble as we speak," he said.

Sudan's state minister for information denied the charge, however, telling al-Jazeera television that Sudan "did not and will not" destroy the oil facilities.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/15/south-sudan-accuses-sudan-bombing-oilfield

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