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- Opportunity awaits in South Sudan, hints ANC's Mbete
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There is a range of opportunities for South Africans in the continent's newest state, South Sudan, says ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete.
- Sudan rivals to meet on flashpoint Abyei region
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South Sudan's vice-president has flown to Khartoum to "ease tensions" over Abyei, a week after northern troops overran the contested border region.
- UN warns of ethnic cleansing in Sudan
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A confidential UN report warns that the invasion by Sudan's military of the contested north-south region of Abyei could lead to "ethnic cleansing".
- Battle for Abyei could ignite new war in Sudan
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When northern Sudanese troops seized the disputed border town of Abyei, it was a sign that the fragile six-year-old peace was teetering.
- US universities in Africa 'land grab'
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Institutions including Harvard and Vanderbilt reportedly use hedge funds to buy land in deals that may force African farmers off their land.
- Sudan mounts air strikes 'to control oilfields'
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Sudan's army has launched repeated air strikes on the southern army in Unity state in a bid to seize oilfields weeks before the south's independence.
- UN: Thousands flee fighting in Sudan border state
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More than 53 000 people have fled fighting in Sudan's Southern Kordofan border state, the United Nations has said.
- UN: Sudan steps up air strikes in border state
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Khartoum stepped up air strikes in South Kordofan state on the south Sudan border on Tuesday, causing "huge suffering" to civilians, the UN says.
- North and South Sudan forces battle in disputed Abyei
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Armies of Sudan clashed in Abyei, the Sudan south's People's Liberation Army has said, two days after an agreed provisional demilitarisation accord.
- Violence in Sudan's Abyei forces thousands to flee
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More than 15 000 people have fled Sudan's Abyei region to Agok in the south after the northern army seized the disputed area, the UN has said.
