Clooney highlights Sudanese humanitarian crisis

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2011 photo, George Clooney stands outside a polling station on the first day of voting in the southern Sudanese capital city of Juba Clooney has recovered from the malaria he contracted earlier this month during a visit to Sudan. Publicist Stan Rosenfield says this was the actor's second bout with the disease. Clooney is set to discuss the condition and his work in Africa on Piers Morgan's CNN show Friday, Jan. 21. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)

March 14, 2012 8:30:38 AM PDT

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - March 14, 2012 --

Actor and human rights activist George Clooney on Wednesday warned of a humanitarian crisis in the volatile border area between Sudan and South Sudan, where residents are taking refuge in the Nuba Mountains because of aerial bombardments.