Bangladeshi peacekeepers safe in Sudan

All the Bangladeshi peacekeepers working in the UN mission in Sudan are safe, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate yesterday, amid escalating crisis between the North and South Sudan.
Sudan's northern army has taken control of the disputed Abyei region and is clearing it of armed groups from the South. South has denounced seizure as an act of war.
The North had attacked the oil-rich area with 5,000 troops, killing civilians and southern soldiers, a southern military spokesman told the BBC.
South Sudan is due to become independent in July, but Abyei's status remains to be determined after a referendum on its future was shelved.
In a fighting, a mortar shell destroyed a car near the UN sector headquarters in Abyei, while two members of army were killed by mortar shells in the Egyptian camps of the UN.
"However, all Bangladeshi peacekeepers in Sudan are safe," said the ISPR press release signed by its Assistant Director Md Noor Islam.
The UN has called for an end to fighting between the two sides.