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SUDAN: Resumed Work on Disputed Border With South Sudan

Published On November 7, 2014 | News

The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan agreed to resume work to demarcate their border dispute, a dispute that led to an armed conflict between the countries in 2012.

The South split from the North in 2011, under a peace deal ending 22 years of civil war, but the two remain at odds over unresolved issues of secession, including the border.

South Sudan`s President Salva Kiir arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday for talks that followed a new flare-up of fighting in South Sudan`s war 11 months. Kiir and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, said a common committee will resume meetings to oversee “buffer zone on the border demarcation, the deployment of troops outside the buffer zone.”

Juba and Khartoum fought for the Heglig oil field on the frontier before Sudan took the area. The conflict led to the signing of agreements in September 2012 appointing a joint body to create a buffer zone between the two, though this was suspended in May. The presidents said in the statement read by Foreign Minister Ali Karti that will stop again “support and hosting rebel groups from both sides,” without elaborating.

Last week, the rebels attacked the oil town of Bentiu, capital of Unity State of South Sudan border, ending a lull in the fighting during the rainy season, which makes roads impassable for military vehicles.

Sources:

http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Sudan-S-Sudan-resume-border-work-20141104

http://www.politicit.com/sudan-s-sudan-to-resume-work-on-disputed-border/

http://news.yahoo.com/sudan-president-khartoum-talks-civil-war-flares-110258859.html

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x29bhsb_sudan-s-sudan-to-resume-work-on-disputed-border_news

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