South Sudan ceasefire violation: SAF ambush SPLA forces at Kharasana nr oil-rich Abyei, killing 12, wounding 26 soldiers

Reuters March 8, 2006 reports a ceasefire violation in South Sudan: SAF militia allied to Sudan's army killed up to 12 former southern rebel soldiers in the first clashes since the two sides signed a peace deal last year to end Africa's longest civil war, officials said on Wednesday.

A senior UN military source in Khartoum said the ambush, which happened at around midnight (2100 GMT), was being investigated by UN peace monitors in the oil-rich region of Abyei in central Sudan. The attack was in the town of Kharasana, about 40 km (25 miles) north of the regional capital Abyei town.

Note, South Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement does not cover separate conflicts in Sudan's east and the western Darfur region.