Sudan and South Sudan in fierce oil border clashes

Clashes have broken out in oil-rich border areas between Sudan and South Sudan in what has been called the biggest confrontation since the countries split last July.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir said his forces seized Heglig, a key oil field partially claimed by both sides.
Sudan state radio says President Omar al-Bashir has put off next week's visit to South Sudan for a summit.
The countries fought a long civil war before the South seceded from Sudan.
The nations disagree over several issues, of which the biggest is oil.
Mr Bashir had been due to hold talks with Mr Kiir at the summit, which had been billed as sign of improved relations.A spokesman for the South Sudan army said the clashes were the biggest confrontation since independence.The clashes prompted President Kiir to warn of war.
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He said: "This morning the [Sudanese] air force came and bombed... areas in Unity state.

"After this intensive bombardment our forces.... were attacked by the [Sudan Armed Forces] and militia."

Mr Kiir added: "It is a war that has been imposed on us again, but it is [Sudanese] who are looking for it."
The South also reported Khartoum had attacked the disputed areas of Jau and Pan Akuach, and Teshwin inside South Sudan.
Sudan's army spokesman, Sawarmi Khalid Saad, confirmed fighting in the border area of Sudan's South Kordofan state and the southern Unity state, without giving the exact locations.

"The clashes there are still ongoing," he said.When the South seceded, it took most of the former Sudan's oil fields but all the pipelines still flow north, to the export terminal in Port Sudan.In January, South Sudan shut down all of its oil fields in a row over the fees Sudan demands to transit the oil.South Sudan depends on oil sales for 98% of state revenues, but pledged not to restart production until a deal was reached.Parts of the countries' common border also remain in dispute.
In February, the two states agreed to demarcate most of the border within three months, although this would exclude five disputed areas.
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