An advocacy group has published new images showing an essential part of the pipeline infrastructure in the border area between Sudan and South Sudan has been destroyed. in recent clashes.
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has said Khartoum will teach "a lesson by force" to the South Sudanese after their invasion of the northern oilfield at Heglig.
Sudan and South Sudan edge closer to war over oil. A UK court may order a Nigerian former governor's property seized. And Guinea Bissau's new rulers promise severe repression.
The new state of South Sudan, along with Myanmar, has been admitted into the international organization of parliamentarians - the Inter Parliamentary Union or IPU.
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