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Sudan says South Sudan "hostile" in oil row
02/01/2012 10:46 PM

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan, stepping up its rhetoric, accused South Sudan of "hostility" in their row over oil transit fees and said it would hold Juba responsible for any attack on northern oil facilities, a state-linked news website said on Wednesday. The two neighbours are locked in a worsening row over disentangling their oil industries after the South split from Sudan and became independent ...

South Sudan wants more talks to end oil transit row
02/02/2012 10:42 AM

JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said on Thursday he wants to end a row with Sudan over oil transit payments but has rejected a proposal requiring Juba to pay billions of dollars and keep exporting crude through the neighbouring country. The two neighbours are locked in a worsening row over disentangling their oil industries after the South split from Sudan and became ...

S.Sudan warns of war without 'comprehensive' deal
02/02/2012 10:28 AM

The president of South Sudan warned Thursday of renewed conflict with former foes in north Sudan if bitter oil negotiations do not include a deal on other key issues, including the contested Abyei region.

China to ask South Sudan for help on kidnapped workers
02/02/2012 05:12 AM

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will press South Sudan for help in securing the release of 29 Chinese workers held captive by rebels and may appeal to the African Union and other parties to mediate in negotiations, China's state media reported on Thursday. The official Xinhua news agency also provided details on how the workers were seized by the rebels in Sudan's border state of South Kordofan and ...

Oil risks fuelling flames of Sudan conflict
02/02/2012 10:40 AM

PALOUGE OIL FIELD, South Sudan/KHARTOUM, Feb 2 - South Sudan's oil minister was riled when he discovered production from one of his remote oil fields was out by 40,000 barrels per day, and immediately knew who to blame. Stephen Dheiu Dau said his old civil war foe in the north, the government of Khartoum, had stolen the crude, illustrating the depth of acrimony and mistrust over oil negotiations ...

China to ask South Sudan for help on kidnapped workers: report
02/01/2012 10:45 PM

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will press South Sudan for help in securing the release of 29 Chinese workers held captive for five days and may appeal to the African Union and other parties to mediate in negotiations, state media reported on Thursday. The construction workers were captured by rebels in the Sudanese border state of South Kordofan last Saturday -- apparently held as pawns in a dispute ...

Sudan, Egypt abductions highlight risks to Chinese
02/01/2012 04:56 AM

The plight of two groups of Chinese workers in Africa — one freed Wednesday a day after being snatched in Egypt and the other in captivity for a fifth day in Sudan — highlights the dangers China faces as its worldwide presence grows.

Sudan 2-1 Burkina Faso
02/01/2012 12:54 AM

Sudan beat Burkina Faso 2-1 and join Ivory Coast from Group B to reach the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Sudan asked Petrodar to load S. Sudan oil -south
01/31/2012 09:34 AM

JUBA (Reuters) - Sudan asked Chinese-Malaysian oil venture Petrodar to load 600,000 barrels of South Sudanese crude for export but the firm refused, a southern official said on Tuesday, a development likely to further inflame a row over transit fees. South Sudan - which seceded from Sudan in July - has shut down its roughly 350,000 barrels per day of oil production in protest after Khartoum ...

Sudan reaches quarters for 1st time in 42 years
01/30/2012 04:01 PM

Sudan reached the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations for the first time in 42 years on Monday, beating Burkina Faso 2-1 to end an 11-game winless streak at the tournament and edge out Angola on goal difference. Mudather Tayeb scored both of Sudan's goals at Estadio de Bata to deliver the nation's biggest football moment since it won the African Cup on home soil in 1970.