United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the shelling on a UN logistics base in Sudan's South Kordofan State which killed at least one UN peacekeeper and wounded two others.
"I urge the Government of Sudan and the SPLM-North [Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North] to immediately cease hostilities and resume ceasefire negotiations," the UN chief said in a statement issued by his spokesman in New York.
Notably, Sudanese government forces and members of the SPLM-N rebel group have been fighting in South Kordofan and Blue Nile States for months.
Two shells hit the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) logistics base in Kadugli earlier on Friday, according to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO).
The targeted base serves as a logistics base for the UN mission in Abyei, an oil-rich area contested by South Sudan and Sudan. One Ethiopian peacekeeper was killed and two more were injured as a result of the shelling.
"The Secretary-General expresses his condolences to the family of the fallen peacekeeper and to the Government of Ethiopia," his spokesperson said in the statement.
Also, condemning the attack "in the strongest terms", the members of the UN Security Council called on the Sudanese Government to "swiftly" investigate the incident and bring the perpetrators to justice.
The incident has also been condemned by the UN peacekeeping office, who also wished their injured colleagues a speedy recovery.
The UNISFA was established in June 2011 to secure the area after Sudanese troops took control of Abyei, displacing tens of thousands of people in the weeks before South Sudan became an independent State after seceding from Sudan.
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