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NGO says ceasefire broken

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    Meanwhile, the NGO Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) said on Thursday the ceasefire in southern Sudan had been broken in a series of attacks designed to gain control of the area’s oil fields. In a press statement received by IRIN, the organisation said that, in the last month, government forces swept through Ruweng county in western Upper Nile region, killing scores of civilians, abducting hundreds and burning over 6,000 homes. It said in a ten-day offensive, “Antonov bombers, helicopter gunships, tanks and artillery attacked civilians across a 100 km swathe of territory.” CSW said survivors of this raid are now living in the bush without shelter, food or water and with no medical supplies.

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