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Abyei
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Wednesday 16 May 2012
By Ngor Arol Garang
May 15, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan said Tuesday that it would not accept Sudan placing conditions on its withdrawal from the contested region of Abyei, or any action that violated recent resolutions of the Security (...)
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Tuesday 15 May 2012
May 14, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The spokesperson of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), Al-Sawarmi Khalid Saad, has rejected threats by the government of South Sudan to invade Abyei if Khartoum does not withdraw its troops, warning that any move (...)
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Wednesday 16 May 2012
By Julius N. Uma
May 15, 2012 (JUBA) - The United Nations on Tuesday launched an appeal for humanitarian operation funds; a day after an estimated 12,000 South Sudanese started leaving Khartoum for Juba, the South Sudan capital. (...)
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Monday 14 May 2012
May 14, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – South Sudan’s decision to include disputed border regions such as Heglig in its new map is lacking in evidence, a Sudanese official argued on Sunday.
Earlier this month, the newly independent Republic of South (...)
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Wednesday 10 November 2010
November 9, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in Sudan has laid out three options before the Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) to break the deadlock on the oil-rich region of Abyei that lies on the (...)
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Sunday 13 May 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
May 12, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - The African Union (AU) has commended South Sudan for withdrawing its police forces from the contested Abyei area and has urged Khartoum to immediately do the same.
A UN peacekeeper (...)
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Saturday 12 May 2012
May 11, 2012 (JUBA) – The Vice President of South Sudan, Riek Machar said Friday that only 40% of the international border between Sudan and newly-independent South Sudan has been agreed in principle, dismissing Khartoum’s claim that 80% (...)
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Saturday 12 May 2012
* UN mission in Abyei confirms withdrawal of South Sudanese troops
By Ngor Arol Garang
May 11, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Friday called on the international community to exert pressure on the government of neighbouring Sudan to (...)
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Saturday 12 May 2012
By Ngor Arol Garang
May 11, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Friday called on the international community to exert pressure on the government of neighbouring Sudan to immediately withdraw its troops from the contested border region of (...)
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Sunday 15 April 2012
April 15, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) are at few kilometers from Heglig town and the area’s oilfields, Khaled Al-Sawarmi Khartoum’s military spokesperson said on Saturday evening 24 hours after beginning the the north’s (...)
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