Sudan

Fighting has resumed in the state of South Kordofan which lies on the border separating Sudan and newly formed South Sudan, between armed opposition groups and the Sudanese army. The SPL-M, the main opposition group in the country, said that its forces had driven Sudanese forces out of an area in South Kordofan called Khuwar Dalib. Officials in Khartoum denied this however. The Sudanese authorities are facing rising dissent in the eastern border regions of the country where tribespeople claim that Khartoum has neglected the area. Police were forced to use teargas to disperse crowds of protestors in the

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