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Air attack condemned

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    In a statement on the attack, issued on Monday, Christian Solidarity International (CSI) said it had learnt from “reliable sources” that the aircraft in question was a Soviet-era Antonov operated by the government of Sudan.

    “The bombing of the ICRC’s medical facility in Chelkou comes in the context of a three-week bombing campaign by the government of Sudan in the northern district of Bahr el Ghazal,” CSI said in a statement. “Within the past 12 months, the government of Sudan also bombed and severely damaged a field hospital run by Franklin Graham’s Samaritan Purse organisation and a Catholic school run by Sudanese Bishop Macram Gassis.”

    The CSI urged UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan “to insist upon an immediate cessation of the government of Sudan’s current deliberate bombing campaign of civilian targets, which include humanitarian aid facilities and medical clinics,” the statement said.

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