Khartoum arms 'used in UN raid'

Khartoum, 15 June-(ANA)-North Sudan has been accused of providing arms that were used to attack barges carrying UN food aid.

A governing party leader in South Sudan said arms were being distributed in the south to spread dissent between rival groups.

He said Khartoum wanted to destabilise the region before a referendum on southern independence due in 2011.

On Sunday, 27 barges were attacked and looted by gunmen to stop emergency food aid reaching a rival group.

A 22-year war between the mainly Muslim north and the Christian and animist south ended in 2005, after 1.5 million people died. (ANA)

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