Violent clashes continue in Sudan's Darfur

Gunmen surrounded a camp for displaced people in Kassab in North Darfur state, UNAMID peacekeepers said [Reuters]

Four people have been killed after gunmen attacked a market and set fire to a police station during several days of violence in Sudan's Darfur region, international peacekeepers have said.
Gunmen surrounded a camp for displaced people in Kassab in North Darfur state, burnt down a police station and looted the main market, African Union/United Nations peacekeepers UNAMID said in a statement on Monday.
UNAMID said it had received reports that four people had been killed and 600 injured since the first incident last Wednesday.
Since then more looting and fighting between government forces and gunmen had taken place over several days in the Kassab camp as well as the nearby Kutum town and Fataborno camp.


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Sudan Oil Deal Hits Snag on Security

KAMPALA, Uganda—The recently agreed deal between oil-producing South Sudan and Sudan, which was expected to allow the resumption of vital oil shipments through Sudanese pipelines and ports, is under threat because of lingering tensions along the two nations' common border, officials said Sunday.
Mutrif Siddiq, spokesman for the Sudanese negotiating team in Ethiopia, said that despite reaching the African Union-mediated deal on oil-transit fees, "no agreement will be signed" until a deal is agreed on the restoration of security in Sudan's three restive border states, where Sudanese forces are battling multiple rebel groups, allegedly backed by the South.
"Any agreement on oil shall be subject to the implementation of a full and final agreement on security matters," Mr. Siddiq said.


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