Mass grave found in Sudan

The Satellite Sentinel Project images show what appear to be freshly dug sites in Southern Kordofan state, where Sudan’s Arab military has been targeting a black ethnic minority loyal to the military of the newly independent Republic of South Sudan.

“The DigitalGlobe satellite images contain many of the details and hallmarks of the mass atrocities described by at least five eyewitnesses to the alleged killings,” said Nathaniel A. Raymond, of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, which analyses the project’s images.

Fighting broke out in the region on June 5. Neither the UN, nor journalists have access to the region, raising fears that more violence is being carried out than is known publicly.

A spokesman for Sudan’s ruling party denied the project’s allegations and said the area is accessible to observers.