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| Sudan armies clash in border region |
| 2012-03-27 |
| Clashes have broken out between the armed forces of Sudan and South Sudan in several disputed border regions, both sides said, Al Jazeera reported. South Sudan's army, the SPLA, said the Sudanese air force had attacked the disputed areas of Jau and Pan Akuach. The SPLA had also repelled an attack by Sudanese forces in the area of Teshwin inside South Sudan, SPLA spokesperson Philip Arguer said on Monday. Sudan's army spokesperson Sawarmi Khalid Saad confirmed the fighting in the border area of Sudan's South Kordofan state and the southern Unity state, without giving the exact locations. He did not say who had started the fighting. "I think due to this attack, the government now is changing its strategy to deal with the southern government," Rabie Abdul Atti, an advisor to Sudan's minister of information, told Al Jazeera. The fighting has forced President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to suspend plans to visit South Sudan on April 3, Sudan's state radio reported. Bashir had been due to hold talks with his southern counterpart Salva Kiir during his visit to the southern capital Juba to resolve tensions that have surged since South Sudan seceded from Sudan last year. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Sudan didn't do very well when fighting a ragtag rebel army. I don't give much for their chances now South Sudan has the resources of a state. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2012-03-27 02:36 |