Sudan: U.S. Congressional Committee Holds Hearing On South Kordofan's 'Ethnic Cleansing'

4 August 2011

Washington — Accounts of atrocities allegedly committed by Sudan army in the country's state of South Kordofan were recited in a hearing organized by a U.S congressional committee on Thursday.

Since 5 June, Sudan's army has been fighting a war against rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in the country southern state of South Kordofan, which borders the war-battered western region of Darfur and the newly independent state of South Kordofan.

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