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Tensions continue to rise between Sudan and South Sudan
by Joseph Earnest March 29, 2012
Newscast Media KHARTOUM—The African Union has expressed deep concern over the escalating security situation on the border between Sudan and South Sudan, calling for a troop pullout from border zones.
As tensions continue between Khartoum and Juba, AU Commission
Chairman Jean Ping said on Wednesday any dispute over border territories
can be resolved only through peaceful means.
Ping also called on both sides to pull back their forces from the border zones, AFP reported.
AU Commission Chairman's remarks come as South Sudan has accused its
northern neighbor of repeatedly bombarding its oil-rich areas.
Both sides blame each other for starting the fight.
"The Sudanese army launched land attacks on Unity State and followed
that by air strikes against oil fields in the state," Atim Garang, a
leading member of South Sudan's ruling People's Liberation Movement said
on Tuesday.
These attacks constitute a provocative move by Khartoum to drag the South to war again, he added.
"This morning … I heard the Antonov hovering over Bentiu town
because it has just dropped some bombs in the main Unity oil fields,"
Unity state Information Minister Gideon Gatpan said.
"It has now gone back, possibly for refueling, and may come back," he said.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday he was
worried about the fresh border tensions that have erupted on Monday in
several places along the poorly-marked border between the two countries.
Border tensions have mounted since South Sudan split from Sudan in
July last year. The two nations have yet to settle several issues
including the exact demarcation of their borders, and distribution of
oil revenues.
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