Officials have accused the Sudanese government of carrying out bombings in southern Blue Nile of Sudan and neighboring Maban County of South Sudan, resulting in an unconfirmed number of injuries.

Hashim Orta, a humanitarian official of the SPLM-North rebel group controlling parts of southern Blue Nile, said that the Sudan Armed Forces bombed their areas wounding 17 people.

Orta claimed that the bombing began on 10 November and intensified on 12 and 13 November, causing 17 injuries.

He accused the Sudanese government of launching the airstrikes in conjunction with the resumption of peace talks between SPLM-N and the Sudanese government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Colonel Philip Aguer, spokesman of the SPLA-Juba forces controlling neighboring Maban County said that an Antonov bombed Khor Tombak in Maban County on Wednesday wounding six civilians.

A civil official belonging to the same faction, Maban County Commissioner Tima Tinau said that seven people were injured and were brought to Bunj Hospital in the county seat of Maban County.

The commissioner accused the Khartoum government of carrying out the attacks but did not mention the reasons for them. He likewise blamed an Antonov aircraft for the bombings.

Reached for comment, the Sudanese army spokesman denied any involvement. 

File photo: An Antonov aircraft flying over the Nuba Mountains (Radio Tamazuj)