Sudan’s Parliament on October 17 approved almost unanimously deals with South Sudan on oil and security that the two countries’ presidents have hailed as ending their conflict. “After discussion by the MPs, the general feeling of the assembly is to agree to those deals,” Parliament speaker Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir told deputies just before the vote. Roughly half of the chamber’s 350 MPs were present for the ballot, and only two of them voted against the agreements. The late-September deals, signed by Sudan’s President Omar Bashir and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir, came after the neighbours fought along their undemarcated frontier in March and April, sparking fears of wider war. However, the leaders failed to strike a deal on the flashpoint region of Abyei as well as other contested border areas. Outstanding issues are to be addressed in future rounds of talks, officials have said.
Sudan Parliament Approves Security, Oil Deals With South
Sudan’s Parliament on October 17 approved almost unanimously deals with South Sudan on oil and security that the two countries’ presidents have hailed as ending their conflict. “After discussion by the MPs, the general feeling of the assembly is to agree to those deals,
