South Sudanese Convoy Ambushed Near Border

Ten people have been killed when a convoy of southern Sudanese civilians was ambushed, the BBC reports.

Eighteen others were wounded in the attack on Monday in South Kordofan, the south's Internal Affairs Minister Gier Chuang said. The incident took place north of the divide with Sudan proper.

The civilians were said to be returning home to vote in southern Sudan's ongoing independence referendum, which began on Sunday.