A Split Ruling In Sudan's North-South Border Dispute -- L.A. Times
An international panel gives lucrative oil fields in the Abyei region to the Khartoum-based government in the north. The south gets key tribal lands.
Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya -- In a ruling many hope will bolster Sudan's fragile north-south peace agreement, an international arbitration panel today awarded the northern-led government control of several key disputed oil fields while giving large swaths of contested grazing lands to the south.
The split decision regarding the flashpoint region of Abyei was seen as a boost to the 2005 U.S-brokered peace treaty between the Khartoum-based regime and former southern rebels in the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, or SPLM.
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More News On The UN's South Sudan Decision
Former Sudan foes accept key oil area ruling -- Yahoo News/AFP
Khartoum claims oil fields as court redraws borders -- Yahoo News/AFP
Hague court redefines Sudan's Abyei boundaries -- Reuters
Sudan relief to border decision -- BBC
SNAP ANALYSIS-Risks remain after Sudan's Abyei ruling -- Reuters
Fresh Sudan war fears ease after 'win-win' border ruling -- The Telegraph
My Comment: One thing that I have learned about the conflict in South Sudan .... do not listen to what they say, but watch what they do.