20120611 AFP Tunisia's main border crossing with Libya has been closed after clashes between Libyan armed forces and former rebels over control of the frontier, security sources told AFP Sunday.
20120609 AFP Peace talks between Khartoum and Juba have ground to a halt after failing to agree on where to set up a demilitarised zone along their contested border, officials said Friday.
20120608 AFP Peace talks between Khartoum and Juba have ground to a halt after failing to agree on where to set up a demilitarised zone along their contested border, officials said Friday.
20120605 AFP Defence ministers from Sudan and South Sudan met on Monday to discuss border security following weeks of deadly fighting along their disputed frontier, even as reports of violence continued.
20120530 AFP Top negotiators for Sudan and South Sudan met Tuesday for their first talks since deadly border fighting last month took them to the brink of war, even as Juba accused Khartoum of fresh air strikes.
20120529 AFP South Sudan said its foe Sudan bombarded its territory Monday on the eve of talks to prevent a return to all-out war, but Khartoum rejected the charges and promised to pull out from a contested area.
20120526 AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An African Union official says Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to resume talks over issues that brought the two nations to the brink of war: sharing oil wealth and establishing their border.
20120522 AFP Sudan and South Sudan will this week set a date to restart face-to-face peace talks after bitter border conflict and the missing of a UN deadline, African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki said Monday.
20120520 AFP Sudan and South Sudan need peace and Khartoum is committed to all security agreements it has signed, African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki on Saturday quoted the Sudanese leader as saying after talks.
20120516 AFP Heavy rains coming soon in Sudan and South Sudan will add to the woes of civilians after a border conflict and civil war forced thousands to flee their homes, aid agencies warned Tuesday.
20120516 AFP The first batch of up to 15,000 South Sudanese to be airlifted from Khartoum were welcomed in their homeland Monday, after they were ordered to leave Sudan for the newly independent South.
20120509 AFP Sudanese war planes have launched renewed air strikes against South Sudan, violating a UN Security Council resolution to end weeks of a bitter border conflict, the South's army said Wednesday.
20120429 AFP The South Sudanese army said on Saturday that it repelled an attack by rebels backed by neighbouring Sudan outside Malakal, capital of the fledgling country's Upper Nile State.
20120424 AFP Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Monday there will be no more talks with South Sudan, as fresh Sudanese air raids dashed South Sudanese hopes for an end to weeks of fighting.
20120424 AFP South Sudan's army said on Sunday it had completed its pullout from an oil field seized from Sudan, ending a deadly standoff which forced thousands of civilians to flee.
20120423 Reuters (Reuters) - Sudan and newly-independent South Sudan accused each other of launching fresh attacks on their territories on Sunday as neither side showed any sign of bowing to global pressure to return to the negotiating table.
20120421 AP JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Sudan and South Sudan both claimed to be in control of a contested oil town near the countries' ill-defined border on Friday after the south said it was withdrawing its troops to avert a return to war.
20120421 AFP Sudan said on Friday its forces had chased South Sudanese troops out of its main oilfield as the South ordered an end to its 10-day occupation, a move which had sparked fears of a wider war.
20120421 AP JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Sudan said Friday its forces drove South Sudanese troops from a contested oil town near the countries' ill-defined border border while the south tried to put a good face on events, saying it was withdrawing.
20120418 AFP South Sudan's army vowed Tuesday to hold their positions in a contested oil field seized from Khartoum's army, one week after the outbreak of bitter fighting that has raised fears of a wider war.
