UN Alarmed at Sudan Mass Grave Report

A Satellite Sentinel Project has revealed visual evidence of mass graves in South Kordofan, to which the United Nations has responded with alarm.

Thousands of people displaced by conflict in Kadugli, the capital of Southern Kordofan State, have sought refuge outside the town.

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    UN News, 15 July 2011

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The three excavated areas positively identified by satellite imagery analysis, independent of eyewitness reports, corroborate allegations by two eyewitnesses of potential mass graves south of the Tilo School in Kadugli.

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