 At least 300 people were killed in clashes between Sudan's army and former rebels in the south earlier this week, aid workers say. Most of those killed are soldiers but the fighting took place in the river port town of Malakal so correspondents say many civilians may also have died. A BBC correspondent in Sudan says the clashes are the most serious breach of a 2005 deal to end two decades of war. Under that deal, the former rebels joined a power-sharing government. What started as a clash between a northern militia led by Maj Gen Gabriel Tang and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) former rebels escalated when the militia took shelter in a Sudanese army garrison. The garrison was besieged and then the SPLA stormed the base. The next day the Sudanese army returned and following tank battles and the shelling of parts of Malakal town, retook their camp...
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