Southern Sudan has broken off talks with the north after accusing Khartoum of arming and directing militia attacks that have killed hundreds of people in the south in recent weeks. The leadership of what will become the world’s newest country in July has accused Omar al-Bashir’s government of deploying Darfur-style tactics and planning a genocide to reclaim power in southern Sudan. A serious escalation of violence across the south has seen hundreds of people killed in large-scale attacks by rebel militias and skirmishes across the future north-south border. The upsurge in fighting comes as complex negotiations were due to resume on…
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Southern Sudan accuses north of planning genocide