UN Voices Concern at Fighting Between Militias and Southern Sudan Government

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–30 March 2011 – A senior United Nations official has voiced “significant concern” at conflicts involving at least four separate militia groups in areas of Southern Sudan, which earlier this year voted to secede and become a separate nation.

“While the Government of Southern Sudan has a responsibility to address a security threat within its territory, we urge it to do so in accordance with international humanitarian law,” UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Regional…