A Sudanese rebel group has claimed that a government air strike destroyed a village in northern Darfur today.
A commander in the Sudan Liberation Army rebel faction said there were casualties in the village of Jemmeiza. and that many had fled the village.
An army spokesman said he was not aware of such an attack.
Sudan's government has strongly denied accusations made in a confidential United Nations report that it was flying weapons and other military equipment into the war-torn Darfur region in violation of UN Security Council resolutions.
The report said the government was using planes painted white to resemble UN aircraft to bomb and carry out surveillance of villages in Darfur.
"The government wants to establish peace in Darfur, not to ignite the conflict," Sudan's official news agency quoted Presidential Adviser Mustafa Osman Ismail as saying.
The UN says at least 200,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million displaced since the Darfur conflict flared in 2003 when rebels took up arms against the government, charging it with neglect. Khartoum claims only 9,000 have died.