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| Sudan accuses Chad of air attack | Sudan accuses Chad of air attack |
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| Sudan has accused Chad of carrying out air raids inside its territory, and said it is assessing how to respond. | |
| One Sudanese official described the alleged raids as an act of war and said there had been casualties - though another official said no-one was hurt. | |
| The accusation comes 10 days after Chad said Sudan had carried out an attack. | The accusation comes 10 days after Chad said Sudan had carried out an attack. |
| The two states have long traded accusations of supporting rebels in each other's territory, especially around Sudan's war-torn Darfur area. | The two states have long traded accusations of supporting rebels in each other's territory, especially around Sudan's war-torn Darfur area. |
| On Friday, Sudanese foreign ministry spokesman Ali Sadiq said two Chadian aeroplanes had carried out strikes on areas 60km (40 miles) inside Sudan. | On Friday, Sudanese foreign ministry spokesman Ali Sadiq said two Chadian aeroplanes had carried out strikes on areas 60km (40 miles) inside Sudan. |
| The raids had taken place in deserted areas and there were no casualties, he was quoted as saying by AFP news agency. | |
| But Ali Youssef Ahmed, head of protocol at Sudan's foreign ministry, was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying: "They attacked. They bombed and there were casualties." | |
| Sudan has summoned the Chadian ambassador and alerted the UN Security Council, the Arab League and the African Union, Mr Sadiq said. | |
| "The Sudanese army is ready to respond but is waiting for instructions from the leadership," he said. |