Raid on South Sudan Refugee Camp Raises Tensions

November 10, 2011 from Al Jazeera English

The Yida refugee camp in the recently formed nation of South Sudan - home to 20,000 people - was hit by a bomb on Thursday, witnesses said. Many feel the government of Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, is to blame. South Sudan split from Sudan in July following decades of war between north and south. But some border areas remain poorly defined and are being fought over. Al Jazeera's Caroline Malone reports.

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South Sudan

South Sudan, officially the Republic of South Sudan and previously known as Southern Sudan, is a landlocked country in east-central Africa that is part of the United Nations subregion of Eastern Africa. Its current capital is Juba, which is also its largest city. The capital c... Explore this topic

Sudan

Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan and sometimes called North Sudan, is an Arab state in North Africa and the Middle East bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Repu... Explore this topic

Refugee camp

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Bomb

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Unity State

Unity, sometimes known as Western Upper Nile, is one of the 10 states of the African nation of South Sudan. Unity state is in the Greater Upper Nile region. It has an area of 35,956 square kilometres. Unity is inhabited predominantly by two ethnic groups, the Nuer and the Dinka. Explore this topic

Air strike

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Explosion

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South Kordofan

South Kordofan is one of the 15 wilayat or provinces of Sudan. It has an area of 158,355 km² and an estimated population of approximately 1,100,000 people. Kaduqli is the capital of the state. It is centered around the Nuba Hills. Because among the states in Sudan, South Kordo... Explore this topic

Border

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