Sudan Christians Flee Bloodshed; Attacks Continue

KHARTOUM, SUDAN (Worthy News)– Christians in Sudan were among thousands of refugees Wednesday, May 25, amid several attacks against them and fears of a new civil war between the Arab-dominated north and the Christian-animist south, which voted overwhelmingly to secede in a January referendum.

Hundreds of people have been killed in clashes over the last few weeks as the south, still reeling from the previous civil war with only 50 miles (80 kilometers) of tarred road, moves towards formal statehood on July 9.

Thousand of civilians have been displaced following the occupation of Abyei Town by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) last weekend the weekend, aid workers said, with reports that 20,000 desperate people fled across the river Kiir, and are sheltering under trees from rain.

Oil-rich Abyei is a disputed region, with both northern Sudan and newly-formed South Sudan claiming the area.