East Africa: A New Friendship Between the Two Sudans?

Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to withdraw their troops from their joint border area in early April. Oil is also due to start flowing again soon. How long will this new friendship last?

"I don't think [the conflict between both sides] is over yet, but there is significant rapprochement," Magdi el-Gizouli, a Sudanese expert with the Rift Valley Institute, said in an interview with DW. Sudan and South Sudan have until Thursday April 4, 2013 to withdraw their troops from their shared border region.

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