Military of North and South Sudan Sudan accuse each other

KHARTOUM - Friday (20/05/2011), military, North and South Sudan Sudan blame each other about the attacks in the disputed territory on the border, Abyei, which marks the tension in the process of secession of the South.

South Sudan's army accused the Northern Sudan using tanks and artillery in an attack on four villages on Friday (20 / 5).

Despite Khartoum's military has not issued a comment but has previously accused the army of South Sudan North Sudan troops ambushed a group traveling in conjunction with the UN peacekeeping personnel on Thursday (19 / 5) last.

Meanwhile, the South Sudan army (SPLA) said Khartoum's troops had attacked the SPLA personnel and police forces in the four villages on Friday (20 / 5).

"They're using bombs, artillery distance, even tanks," said SPLA spokesman Philip Aguer. "We do not know the number of casualties. Bombs are still falling this afternoon, when I received the final report. "

As noted AntaraNews, a spokeswoman for the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) said earlier artillery clashes erupted in the area Todach and Tagalei, but later said he needed to confirm the report.

Residents of South Sudan to vote for secession from the Northern Sudan in a referendum in January, as agreed under the peace agreement of 2005.

But tensions have risen in the oil-producing Abyei border region, where both parties have sent troops.

Northern Sudan, which is predominantly Muslim, and South, whose citizens made up of followers of Christianity and traditional beliefs-involved decades of civil war that killed as many as 2 million people. It ended with peace agreements in 2005, which resulted in a referendum on the independence of South Sudan.