Anthea Pitt, LONDON: The Sudanese air force today flew a sortie across the international border with South Sudan, and bombed a refugee camp. The attack comes as South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit today accused Omar al-Bashir’s regime in Khartoum of plotting to invade.
Local officials claimed at least 12 people were killed in the raid and 20 injured, but this could not be independently verified.
In a statement issued by his office today, Kiir said: “[On Saturday], Bashir issued very serious statements about the Republic of South Sudan, which clearly indicated...