Grenzkonflikt zwischen Sudan und Südsudan

[Birgitt]

Grenzkonflikt zwischen Nord- und Südsudan
17.03.2011 - Deutsche Welle

70 Tote, zehntausende Vertriebene, vorrückende Truppen: Im Grenzgebiet zwischen Nord- und Südsudan gibt es neue Gewalt. Manche Experten warnen bereits vor einem bevorstehenden Krieg ... mehr

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[Birgitt]

Sudan: Key Abyei bridge comes under fire
20.05.2011 - BBC

A bridge linking Sudan's disputed Abyei border region to the south of the country was nearly hit in an aerial bombardment, the UN has said. It came as local officials reported hearing artillery fire north of the town of Abyei, and a day after a UN peacekeeping convoy came under attack. The peacekeepers were escorting northern troops out of Abyei. Observers warn the escalating situation in the oil-producing Abyei region risks igniting a new north-south civil war ... mehr

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[Götz Krieger]

Schwere Gefechte zwischen Nord- und Südsudan

Im Süden des Sudan haben sich Einheiten der nordsudanesischen Armee und die SPLA des Südens Gefechte geliefert. Bereits den zweiten Tag in Folge hätte die Luftwaffe des Nordens Angriffe in der umstrittenen Grenzregion Abyei geflogen, sagte ein SPLA-Sprecher. Zudem seien Panzer in die gleichnamige Stadt eingerückt und weitere Bodentruppen würden in das Gebiet verlegt...
http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/sudan246.html

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[Birgitt]

Nordsudan übernimmt umstrittene Stadt
22.05.2011 - tagesschau

Im Sudan eskaliert Wochen vor der geplanten Loslösung des Südens die Gewalt. Die nordsudanesische Armee übernahm nach Gefechten die Kontrolle über die wichtigste Stadt in der umstrittenen Region Abyei, wie beide Seiten mitteilten. Nach südsudanesischen Angaben zogen Truppen des Nordens mit Panzern ein. Außerdem habe es eine Bombardierung aus der Luft gegeben. Auch mindestens vier Dörfer seien beschossen worden ... mehr

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[Götz Krieger]

Baschirs Armee marschiert in Ölregion Abyei ein

Die Lage im sudanesischen Abyei eskaliert. Norden wie Süden erheben Ansprüche auf das ölreiche Grenzgebiet - nun sind Panzer aus dem Norden angerückt, es soll bereits etliche Tote gegeben haben. Die Uno hat für Ihre Mitarbeiter Alarmstufe Rot ausgerufen...
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0 ... 42,00.html

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[Götz Krieger]

Tausende auf der Flucht vor der Gewalt

Häuser und Geschäfte werden geplündert, die Stadt Abyei steht in Flammen. An der ölreichen Grenze zwischen dringen Truppen aus dem Norden Sudans immer weiter vor. Tausende Menschen im Süden sind auf der Flucht vor den Bewaffneten....
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0 ... 65,00.html

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[Birgitt]

Sudan's Omar Bashir warns about disputed Abyei region
11.07.2011 - BBC

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir has said the disputed border region of Abyei is a source of potential conflict with newly independent South Sudan. Abyei remains part of Sudan and the protocols governing it must be respected, Mr Bashir told the BBC a day after South Sudan's independence. He spoke of his sadness over the division of his country, but said it was a price worth paying for peace ... mehr
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Bashir warnt Juba vor neuen Spannungen in Abyei-Region
Khartum schließt Verzicht auf umstrittenes Territorium aus
11.07.2011 - Standard

Der sudanesische Staatschef Omar al-Bashir, gegen den der Internationale Strafgerichtshof wegen Kriegsverbrechen und Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit Haftbefehl erlassen hat, warnt vor neuen Spannungen in der Region Abyei gewarnt, sollte der Südsudan sich nicht an geltende Absprachen halten. Abyei sei Teil des Nordens, sagte Bashir dem britischen Rundfunksender BBC. "In der Vergangenheit waren wir gezwungen zu kämpfen, wenn sie (der Süden) versuchten, neue Umstände durchzusetzen", sagte er über die auch vom Südsudan beanspruchte ölreiche Region ... mehr


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[Birgitt]

Nord- und Südsudan werfen sich gegenseitig kriegerisches Treiben vor. Khartum schaltet den UN-Sicherheitsrat ein, soll aber selbst im Süden Luftangriffe fliegen.

Waffenklirren wird lauter
30.12.2011 - taz

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[Birgitt]

Clashes have broken out between the armed forces of Sudan and South Sudan in several disputed border regions, both sides say. A spokesman for the South Sudan army says it is the biggest confrontation since independence [...] The clashes prompted Southern President Salva Kiir to warn of war. He said: "This morning the [Sudanese] air force came and bombed... areas in Unity state [...] He said Southern forces had taken over the key oil field of Heglig, parts of which are claimed by both sides [...] The South also reported Khartoum had attacked the disputed areas of Jau and Pan Akuach, and Teshwin inside South Sudan [...] "The clashes there are still ongoing,"

Sudan and South Sudan in fierce border clashes
26.03.2012 - BBC

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[buecherjo]

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WO bitteschön sollen Wir denn ab August noch hin....

[Kuno]

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[Birgitt]

A second day of fighting between Sudan and South Sudan in their disputed border regions has prompted international concern that the conflict might develop into outright war. The African Union says it is deeply alarmed by the clashes over oilfields, and called on both sides to exercise the utmost restraint.

Fears grow of widening Sudan war
11.04.2012 - BBC

An der umstrittenen Grenze zwischen Sudan und Südsudan hat es am Mittwoch bereits den zweiten Tag in Folge heftige Kämpfe gegeben. Die ganze Nacht zum Mittwoch über habe es Angriffe durch die Luftwaffe Sudans gegeben, sagte der stellvertretenden Leiter des südsudanesischen Militärgeheimdienstes, Mac Paul, in Bentiu, der Hauptstadt der Grenzregion Unity. Dennoch kontrollierten die südsudanesischen Truppen wieder das umstrittene Heglig-Ölfeld.

Erbitterter Kampf ums Öl
11.04.2012 - Neues Deutschland

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[Birgitt]

The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, has said he will not withdraw his troops from the Heglig oilfield on its disputed border with Sudan. Speaking in parliament, Mr Kiir defied calls from the UN and African Union to pull out troops, after days of clashes. He urged MPs to mobilise their supporters and prepare for war should Khartoum refuse to talks. Meanwhile, South Sudan's army spokesman told the BBC Sudanese aircraft had bombed two towns, killing one person. The fighting along the oil-rich border region is the worst since South Sudan gained independence last July.

South Sudan refuses to withdraw troops from oilfield
12.04.2012 - BBC

Der Südsudan will seine Soldaten nicht aus der ölreichen Grenzstadt Heglig abziehen. Präsident Salva Kiir erklärte am Donnerstag vor dem Parlament, die Streitkräfte wollten auch die umstrittene Region Abyei wieder einnehmen, wenn die Vereinten Nationen den Sudan nicht zum Rückzug aufforderten.

Südsudan lehnt Truppenrückzug aus Heglig ab
12.04.2012 - Hamburger Abendblatt

Quellen:
South Sudan Info / Drilling Info International

http://southsudaninfo.net/maps/

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[Alexander]

UN-Sicherheitsrat warnt vor Krieg zwischen Sudan und Südsudan

Die Grenzgefechte zwischen Sudan und Südsudan verschärfen sich. Sudan soll Bombenangriffe auf Städte des Nachbarlands geflogen haben. Der Sicherheitsrat ist besorgt. mehr...

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[Birgitt]

SUDAN-SOUTH SUDAN: Heglig and the border*
13.04.2012 - IRIN

Once again the disputed and oil-rich borderland area of Heglig is at the centre of a confrontation between Sudan and the newly-independent South Sudan, giving rise to renewed fears of a resumption of all-out war.

The African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council has described South Sudan's occupation of Heglig as illegal, saying it lies north of the 1956 border which Juba and Khartoum agreed - in a 2005 accord that ended decades of civil war - would be their common frontier should the south eventually secede, which indeed it did in July 2011.

Sudan has warned its neighbour of strikes deep inside its territory if it fails to withdraw from Heglig, which South Sudan also claims.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has spoken directly to South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir, also to urge a withdrawal.

For its part, South Sudan has accused Sudan of repeatedly bombing its territory since November and of dropping five bombs on Bentiu, the capital of Unity State, on 12 April. That day, South Sudan President Salva Kiir addressed parliament in his capital, Juba.

"I always say we will not take the people of South Sudan back to war, but if we are being aggressed like this we will have to defend ourselves," he said.

"I am appealing to the citizens of the Republic of Sudan, especially the mothers, not to allow their children to be dragged into a meaningless war,"

Where is Heglig?

More pertinently, does it lie in Sudan, or South Sudan? Despite the AU's indignation, the answer to this question is far from clear-cut.

Heglig sits close to the middle of the 1,800km border between the two countries, but key parts of the border have not yet been demarcated and there are insufficient historical records (because of widespread population displacement during the development of oil installations) or living memories to easily identify the path of the 1956 line.

Heglig lies between Abyei, [ http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89832 ] another disputed area, and the Nuba Mountains of Sudan's South Kordofan State, [ http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95128 ] where, since June 2011, government forces have been battling insurgents (SPLA-N) with links to the former rebels now in power in Juba.

Heglig is also close to the border town of Jau, which was captured in late February by the SPLA-N.

During the negotiations that led to the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) it was agreed that Heglig (known as Panthou by southerners, who claim it had always been in Unity State) would be included in Abyei, one of the "Three Areas" (along with South Kordofan and Blue Nile) whose north-or-south status was not fully resolved by the accord. Despite this lack of resolution, Abyei has been occupied by Sudanese troops since May 2011.

After Khartoum rejected the initial boundaries of Abyei defined up by an international commission, these were redrawn in 2009 by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in a ruling [ http://www.pca-cpa.org/upload/files/Aby ... 0Award.pdf ] hat considerably shrank the area and excluded Heglig.

Although this court made no determination on the path of the north-south border, Khartoum insisted the ruling left Heglig in its South Kordofan State, an interpretation the AU now seems to share.

South Sudan, which says it is open to negotiations on the issue, insists Heglig lies south of the border, in its Unity State.

Why is Heglig so significant?

Links can be drawn between the latest escalation and key issues that remain unresolved since the CPA was signed: border demarcation, oil-revenue sharing and the Three Areas. (Abyei residents, for example, were supposed to decide in a referendum in 2011 whether to join the south but this has yet to take place).

The latest clashes also threaten an important agreement Juba and Khartoum signed in March 2012 that would have made it easier for hundreds of thousands of southerners to remain in Sudan. Without that deal, they were supposed to regularize their status - logistically almost impossible - or leave by 8 April. South Sudan is ill-equipped to accommodate such a sudden and large influx, especially because the imminent rainy season will render most roads impassable.

Veteran Sudan analyst John Ashworth told IRIN: "I don't want to say that the CPA was flawed, because it was the best that could be hoped for at the time, but we are certainly now reaping the fruits of areas not fully addressed by the CPA."

According to historian and Abyei expert Douglas Johnson, none of the international players involved in the CPA gave much thought to what would happen to the Three Areas in the event of secession because "they were initially entirely focused on trying to make unity appear attractive." Once the independence writing was on the wall, "they were only concerned with ensuring that independence was peaceful."

Mukesh Kapila, who served as UN humanitarian coordinator in Sudan in 2003 and 2004 and now works for the Aegis Trust, an advocacy NGO, told IRIN: "The CPA fudged-over the legitimate complaints of the long-suffering marginalized people of Nuba, Abyei, Blue Nile, and Darfur. Unless a sincere attempt is made to solve this in a fair and just manner, violent conflict will continue to erupt here and there. Citizenship, oil, and border demarcation may complicate the picture but they are, in significant part, proxies for the grievances of the much abused people of Sudan's borderlands which have to be tackled first if there is to be any peace and stability for the two countries."

*This is an updated and revised version of "SOUTH SUDAN: Briefing on Heglig clashes" published on 29 March

Quelle: IRIN

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