Sudan Threatens to Shut South Sudan Oil Over Rebel Support
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Sudan threatened to halt South Sudanese oil exports within 60 days unless the neighboring state ends support for rebel groups opposed to President Umar al-Bashir’s rule.
Sudanese Information Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman said his government has evidence that South Sudan is backing renegade fighters in the western region of Darfur and the southern states of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile. That undermines cooperation accords signed between the two nations last year and for which a timeframe was agreed in March, he said.