In the oil rich Abyei region of Sudan, more fierce fighting has killed 22 government soldiers.
It is not known how many rebels died.
The fighting, which flared despite a recent ceasefire, threatens a fragile peace accord supposed to end decades of civil war.
Al Jazeera's Dan Nolan has the latest.
Sudan's north and south forces have begun to withdraw from Abyei, an oil rich region sandwiched between them as a highly sought after prize.
Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros reports on how the disputed region is now a ghost town, despite aid agencies trying to encourage the thousands who fled to return home.
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An oil rich region of Sudan is seen by some as the tinderbox for Africa's next war.
Abyei is sandwiched between North and South.
But a referendum in three years time will decide whether to merge with southern Sudan.
Tension is already brewing over grazing rights between the African Dinka and the Misseriya Arabs who move south every winter.
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The battle for identity continues in Abyei.
Hundreds of Dinka have returned after fleeing the war 20 years ago, and they are leading the push for an African identity in the region, as opposed to an Arab one.
Mohamed Vall reports.
The Dinka and Arabs of Abyei have always quarrelled over resources.
The sanctity of the land has resulted in a sense of fear that one group may be uprooted from their land.
Mohamed Vall reports.
The discovery of oil in the Abyei region of Sudan has turned into a stage for multiple powers battling for the riches of the land.
Neither side is ready to give up one inch of this oil-rich region.
Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall reports.
The Denver Catholic Youth group interviews a lady from South Sudan who teaches why it is important to forgive people.
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Abyei Youth Band singing during Dr. John Garang's first visit to Agok Abyei
Town in ruins after fighting
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From Abyei to Kadugli.
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Excerpts from the SPLM conference
Straddling the Arab North and African South, Sudan's Abyei region is traditionally seen as a cultural crossroads.
Arabs and Africans have mixed freely there for centuries.
But as the North and South wrestle for control of the oil-rich region, the issue of ethnic identity is dividing its people.
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Demonsttion outside Gordon Brown's house against the latest atrocity in Sudan: gone withut a whisper.
There has been renewed heavy fighting along the border between north and south Sudan. Dan Nolan, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Sudan, has seen a number of casualties from battle taken place between fighters and government forces in the oil-rich border territory of Abyei.
In this song Duop, a Southern Sudanese musician, celebrates the peace in Sudan.
This region has been negatively affected by the First and Second Sudanese Civil Wars for all but 10 years since Sudanese independence in 1956, resulting in serious neglect, lack of infrastructure development, and major destruction and displacement.
The people of Sout...
スーダン南部での激戦
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スーダン南部で内戦寸前 石油資源争奪が"火種"に
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In this press conference-3November 2007,Omar EL Bacshir said most of the issue between NCP and SPLA have been resolved except small part on abyei issue.
Personal Testimony of Marginalisation, rape and humiliation from El-Genena, DARFUR
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Flying for the UN in the Sudan, this is the approach in to Abyei
