Sudans præsident Omar al-Bashir har beordret stop for al videre udpumpning af olie fra naboen mod syd, Sydsudan, til eksporthavne ved Det Røde Hav i en tilsyneladende uendelig – og umådelig kostbar – strid mellem de to lande.
Oil only started flowing again in April after the two sides struck a deal, BBC online reports Saturday.
President Bashir said in May that Sudan would stop the flow of oil if South Sudan continued to support rebels operating on Sudanese soil.
The Sudanese army is fighting a rebel insurgency in at least three regions.
Despite the South’s independence in 2011, tensions over oil and land disputes have continued.
South Sudan took with it nearly three-quarters of Sudan’s oil production when it declared independence. The two sides fell out over how much the South should pay to export its oil through Sudanese pipelines.
At the height of the dispute last year, the South shut down its entire oil output. Both countries suffered terribly during the stoppage, notes BBC.
Ninety-eight percent of South Sudan’s revenues come from oil. Sudan’s economy also shrank.
In April after both sides struck a deal in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, in March, they agreed to withdraw troops from their border area. However, the latest violence has put further strain on relations.
