Sudanese warplanes bombed a UN peacekeepers’ camp damaging the base but causing no casualties, AFP reported Monday.

Sudanese warplanes bombed a UN peacekeepers' camp damaging the base but causing no casualties, AFP reported Monday.

According to the news agency, bombing raids on Sunday also killed nine civilians elsewhere in South Sudan's Unity border state.

The area's information Minister Gideon Gatpan said that “they launched another bombardment here yesterday, they bombed Mayom county and Bentiu.”

“In Mayom... it killed seven civilians and wounded 14, two bombs fell inside the UN camp in Mayom and destroyed a generator and a radio,” he added.

For his part, spokesman for the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Kouider Zerrouk confirmed the attack, stating that “there were no casualties, no one was wounded”.

Gatpan also pointed out that “two fighter jets released eight bombs east of Bentiu... others fell in villages around Bentiu, where two people were killed including a pregnant woman, and eight people were wounded.”