Sudanese Army Accuses Militia of Deadly Attack on Heglig Oil Hub

Sudan’s army-backed government accused its paramilitary foes of a fatal attack on oil facilities crucial to the export of neighboring South Sudan’s crude, the latest escalation in a two-year civil war.

The Rapid Support Forces’ assault around the Heglig fields on Saturday “led to the death and injury of a number of civilian workers,” the foreign ministry said in a statement. It didn’t give details on the casualties or any damage.