UN-AU Mission Probes Reports of Fresh Bombings in Darfur

The joint UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is probing reports of fresh bombings by Sudanese military planes in Darfur, less than one week after President Omar al-Bashir declared an immediate ceasefire between the army and black rebel movements in the troubled Western region. UNAMID said it had received detailed reports of airplane bombings around Kutum, a town in North Darfur. An estimated 300,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million displace since the Darfur conflict erupted in 2003.
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