Sudan loses Oil fields.

[Mukulaalow]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17672727

[Mukulaalow]

Can't believe the newly independent South Sudan is chasing the mighty Sudan army.

 

But one of the main reasons being the Sudan army is too stretched in its endless wars in Darfur.

[sharma-arke451]

http://http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/04/2012410191313432342.htmlread this also.

[Mukulaalow]

sharma-arke451;817480 wrote:

http://http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/04/2012410191313432342.html

read this also.

there is a problem with the link.

[Mario B]

How did Sudan accept the demarcation of the border between the two countries?

[Mukulaalow]

Mario B;817501 wrote:

How did Sudan accept the demarcation of the border between the two countries?

Most border area such as Abyei are not marked and its the south and north's fault, they should've settled long before the referendum of the south, these borders will always cause problems long term. But some neighboring countries seem to benefit from this war like Kenya and Uganda as they want the oil to run through their territories and make billions from it.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

:D:D

[Mukulaalow]

Xaaji Xunjuf;817507 wrote:

:D:D

Xaaji dee maxaad ku qosleysaa?

 

I know you always support secessionist nations, but the south Sudan is playing with fire, the North now will start supporting its proxy groups in the south to wage war on Juba. everyone is a loser here, and nobody will be able to enjoy the black gold.

[nuune]

^^ Haye Xaaji Xeyraan you thinking of invading oil rich Puntland, like South Sudan did.

 

 

 

Ps: Thew news is political, Sudan said the South invaded and took control the oil fields, waa political waxan, nothing actually took place.

[Mukulaalow]

Sudan vows to retake Heglig oil fields from South Sudan

 

Destruction in Heglig The oil-rich and disputed Heglig area has seen fierce fighting over the past two weeks

 

Sudan has vowed to use "all legitimate means" to repulse South Sudan from its largest oil field, a statement on the official Suna news agency says.

 

South Sudanese troops seized control of Heglig on Tuesday, as heavy fighting raged for a second day.

 

Both sides blame each other for the latest conflicts along the undemarcated and disputed oil-rich border area.

 

Fierce clashes over the past two weeks have fuelled fears of a return to outright war.

 

Oil-rich Heglig is usually recognised as being part of the north, although South Sudan disputes this.

'Aggressive behaviour'

 

Khartoum says it will use all legitimate means to repulse what it calls South Sudanese aggression.

 

"The government of Sudan announces after this attack that it will react by all means," the official statement said, warning of "destruction" in the South.

 

The statement also warned the new state's "aggressive behaviour" will "bring nothing but ruin and disappointment to its people".

 

South Sudan's military spokesman Philip Aguer said the south was holding positions in the Heglig oil field.

 

He said its troops advanced to Heglig after they were attacked by Sudanese troops from the ground and the air.

 

South Sudan gained independence from Khartoum last July after a long civil war - but the two countries remain at loggerheads.

 

The BBC's James Copnall in Khartoum says oil is at the heart of the disagreements between the two countries, and oil installations are increasingly being targeted militarily.

 

In January, South Sudan, which depends on oil sales for 98% of its revenue, shut down all of its oil fields in a row over the fees Sudan demands to transit the oil.

 

A presidential summit, which was to have been held in South Sudan's capital, Juba, at the beginning of April, has been postponed indefinitely because of the recent fighting.

 

African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki held talks late last week with South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and his Sudanese counterpart, Omar al-Bashir, amid international fears of a return to full-blown conflict.

 

Meanwhile, an international weapons monitoring group, Small Arms Survey, says it has gathered enough evidence to show that both South Sudan and Sudan are providing arms to rebels and militia groups in each other's territory.

 

Both sides have often made and denied such claims of support.

 

 

bbcnews desk.

[kingofkings]

nuune;817521 wrote:

^^ Haye

Xaaji Xeyraan

you thinking of

invading oil rich Puntland, like South Sudan did

.

 

 

 

Ps: Thew news is political, Sudan said the South invaded and took control the oil fields, waa political waxan, nothing actually took place.

 

war ila qosla :D thanks for laugh nuune.

[Mario B]

I meant with majority of the population of Sudan in the north how did they accept all the oilfields be part of the South Sudan? if you look at the map you will see a big chunk of the border line cuts deep towards north, it doesnt look natural? or maybe there is a Southern tribe in that area that wants nothing to do with the North? Anyway, it's piss poor from both side.

[Mukulaalow]

nuune;817521 wrote:

^^ Haye

Xaaji Xeyraan

you thinking of invading oil rich Puntland, like South Sudan did.

your right Nuune, secessionist new African countries attack neighbors as soon as they get independence, e.g, Eretria (against Yemen, Djibouti, and Ethiopia) and now south sudan (against Sudan), as if they have to proof something.