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April 20, 2012

Sudans on Brink of All-Out War

Peter Goodspeed, National Post

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No one is even trying to maintain the pretense of peace in Sudan and South Sudan these days. Sporadic skirmishes and border shootouts are on the verge of becoming all-out war and the threat is resurrecting fears of a Darfur-like disaster for 10s of thousands of refugees.

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TAGGED: Sudan, Africa, Southern Sudan, South Sudan

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