Sudan launches attack into South Sudan’s borders

Sudan and South Sudan have been drawing closer to a full-scale war in recent
months over the unresolved issues of sharing oil revenues and the disputed
border.

Talks between the two countries over the unresolved disputes that were being
mediated by the African Union, broke down in Ethiopia earlier this month.

The African Union on Sunday called on both countries to end “senseless
fighting.”

Last week, South Sudanese troops seized Heglig sending Sudanese troops
fleeing. The Khartoum government later claimed to have regained control of
the town. The UN said thousands of civilians had been displaced as a result.

A US monitoring group said on Sunday satellite imagery appear to shows the
fighting around Heglig had caused major damage to oil pipeline infrastructure

The Satellite Sentinel Project said the images shows severe damage and in such
a critical part of the oil infrastructure, that it would likely stop oil
flow in the area.

South Sudan broke away from Sudan July last year after an independence vote,
the culmination of a 2005 peace treaty that ended decades of war that killed
more than two million people.

Source: AP

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