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US Warns of Threat on Sudan-Uganda Flights

   VOA News 09 January 2010

   The  United  States  says  "regional  extremists" may be targeting Air
   Uganda flights between Southern Sudan and Uganda.
   A  warning  posted  Friday  on  the  Web  site  of the U.S. Embassy in
   Khartoum  says  there  is  a "potential threat" on the flights between
   Juba,   Sudan   and   Kampala,   Uganda.    Juba  is  the  capital  of
   semi-autonomous Southern Sudan.
   The  embassy  did not name the potential attackers but said the threat
   is   of  "sufficient  seriousness,"  and  that  air  travelers  should
   "maintain vigilance at all times."
   The U.S. has long warned its citizens against traveling to Sudan.
   Sudan  is  due to hold its first multiparty elections in more than two
   decades  in  April.   However,  tensions  are running high between the
   north and south over a disputed census, border issues, and a scheduled
   2011 referendum on independence by the south.
   April's  vote  is  a  key  part of the peace agreement between Sudan's
   northern and southern regions that ended a 21-year civil war in 2005.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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