Sudan says South Sudan "hostile" in oil row

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.