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Sudans Hold Talks at AU Summit
May 27, 2013 5:21 PM
update
May 27, 2013 6:07 PM
Leaders of the two Sudans held talks at the African Union summit on issues that still need to be resolved for the neighbors to know peace.
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Internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Abyei at this makeshift camp in South Sudan want to return to the disputed border region to take part in a referendum in October about the area's status.
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Khartoum is against an African Union proposal to hold a referendum on the future of the disputed region of Abyei because it says people from the Misseriya tribe, shown here during a protest in Nov. 2012, who are allied with Sudan, will not be allowed to take part in the vote.
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Sudan said it had nothing to do with a recent shutdown of oil production in the volatile border region. Production resumed at oil fields like Paloch in South Sudan, shown here, in April after being halted over a transit fee dispute in Jan. 2012.
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The leaders of the two Sudans announced plans at the African Union summit to open four new crossing points along their 2,200-kilometer border.
Sudans Hold Talks at AU Summit
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