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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Disturbance in The Force: Sudan & S. Sudan

Earlier this month, South Sudan seized the Heglig oil field, accepted internationally to be part of Sudan. Sudanese MPs have therefore labeled South Sudan an "enemy". Sudan, on the other hand, has been accused of the bombing of a UN peacekeepers' camp near the border of Sudan on Sunday. James Copnall (in Khartoum) of the BBC says that both countries are close to full war. Read about it here.