Washington D.C., Jun 17, 2011 / 15:05 pm
As South Sudan prepares to become the world's newest country on July 9, international observers and Church officials are trying to prevent genocide from taking place on its disputed border.
“The situation of the people in South Kordofan is extremely critical, especially in the capital Kadugli,” Sudanese Bishop Macram Max Gassis told the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need in an interview made public on June 17.
“After Darfur,” he said, “there is now a new impending genocide in Sudan.”
Sudan's northern government has been bombing the central Sudanese region of South Kordofan since June 6. An anonymous aid worker told the New York Times on Wednesday that northern forces were “killing the black people” there, in retaliation for their support of the south.