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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
Authorities in the south have accused the Sudanese air force of bombing a marketplace on the weekend, killing five people...A state government spokesman, Gideon Gatfan, says five traders were killed in the attack. "The bomb fell next to a place where...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Sudan says it has launched a counterattack toward a key town in a major oil-producing region, occupied earlier this week by South Sudanese forces. Army spokesman Sawarmi Khaled Saad Friday said Sudanese forces were getting close to Heglig. The...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
South Sudan (AP) — A doctor says five people were killed in bombings on strategic locations in South Sudan's Unity State.
Peter Gatkuoth, medical director of Bentiu Hospital, says four civilians and a soldier were killed Saturday.
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
South Sudan 'repulses' Sudan attack on Heglig Juba: South Sudan said on Saturday it had repulsed an attempt by the Sudanese Army to retake the disputed oil-producing border area of Heglig, which the southern Army seized earlier this week. The...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Security Council is demanding "a complete, immediate and unconditional end to all fighting" between Sudan and South Sudan.
The council insists that both countries redeploy their forces 10 miles (16 kilometers) from a border that both...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
South Sudan's president has refused to pull back troops who seized a disputed border town from Sudan this week. Addressing parliament Thursday, Salva Kiir said he will not order the withdrawal of southern forces from Heglig despite a direct appeal...
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The Economist
| 1 year ago
THE cold war between Africa's newest neighbours is heating up. South Sudanese troops advanced deep into Sudan on April 10th, capturing its most valuable oilfield, Heglig, in the biggest clash since the south seceded from the north last July. Southern...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
including the National Assembly and the Council of States -- moved to end all talks with South Sudan, including the African Union-sponsored negotiations currently underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia , the Sudan Vision reported. "Negotiations with...
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Africa Headlines
| 1 year ago
From South Sudan is Atem Yah Atem, from ... ( Resource: Are The Two Sudans Heading for War? Juba On April 10, 2012, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) launched another attack against the Republic of South Sudan from Heglig. SAF and withdrew to their...
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CNN
| 1 year ago
South Sudan forces have captured a disputed oil-rich area along the border with Sudan, escalating tensions between the two longtime rivals and threatening a return to war. Sudan claims the oil fields in the town of Heglig, which account for about...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, has said he will not withdraw his troops from the Heglig oilfield on its disputed border with Sudan. Speaking in parliament, Mr Kiir defied calls from the UN and African Union to pull out troops, after three...
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Arizona Republic
| 1 year ago
South Sudan's president said Thursday that the nation will not withdraw its troops that this week entered a disputed border region with Sudan. South Sudan President Salva Kiir spoke to parliament in the midst of escalating clashes along the border...
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Associated Press
| 1 year ago
South Sudan's president says the nation will not withdraw its troops that this week entered a disputed border region with Sudan. Speaking Thursday in front of parliament, President Salva Kiir said the country's military would also re-enter another...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 1 year ago
The report says that the halt in oil revenues don't bode well since aid from the UK and other donors "can't bankroll the country forever." (News agencies)
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Al Jazeera English
| 1 year ago
44 The town of Heglig has seen an escalation of violence between Sudan and South Sudan [AFP] Sudanese warplanes have launched an attack on a major South Sudanese town, bombing the capital of the oil-producing Unity border state, according to South...
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Mail and Guardian
| 1 year ago
Sudanese warplanes launched their first attack on a major South Sudanese town on Thursday, with five bombs dropped on the capital of the oil-producing Unity border state, Southern officials said. "They dropped bombs in Bentiu town -- apparently they...
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Africa Headlines
| 1 year ago
Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein, announced from Khartoum 'his army will not rest' before it recaptures control over Heglig. Heglig is an oilfield situated in the disputed border region between Sudan and South Sudan. Aguer confirmed to Radio Dabanga that...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
South Sudan in conflict with Sudan over disputed region 11 April 2012 Last updated at 20:52 ET There is fierce fighting for a second day between Sudanese and South Sudanese forces in a contested region on their disputed border. It is reported that...
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Scoop
| 1 year ago
Ban Urges South Sudan And Sudan To Immediately Stop Escalating Conflict New York, Apr 11 2012 2:10PM In a conversation today with the President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an immediate de-escalation of the...
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
Soldiers lie in a hospital in Bentiu, South Sudan, recovering from war wounds sustained in fighting. Sudan said it would mobilize its army against South Sudan Wednesday, and halted talks with Juba over oil payments and other disputed issues after the...
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Scoop
| 1 year ago
On the Increased Military Attacks Between Sudan and South Sudan Press Statement Victoria Nuland Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC April 11, 2012 ________________________________________ The United States is deeply...
