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* South Sudan seized oilfield briefly last month
* Sudan says oil started pumping on Monday
* Khartoum accuses foreigners of taking part in oil field
destruction
El-Tayeb Siddig
HEGLIG, Sudan, May 2 (Reuters) – Sudan said on Wednesday the
Heglig oilfield, scene of intense fighting with South Sudan last
month, has been repaired and has started pumping oil.
The two countries have been embroiled in weeks of fighting
along their 1,800 km (1,200 mile) border, threatening to tip the
region, which sits atop one of Africa’s most significant oil
deposits, into a full-blown conflict.
South Sudan’s army, the SPLA, also said it killed 27
Sudanese army soldiers in a clash in Unity state on Tuesday.
But despite the persistent clashes in the border region, the
two countries have so far stopped short of waging all-out war,
with their positions now broadly the same as before the south
seized Heglig.
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