Kerry to Appoint Envoy to Sudan After Oil Dispute With South
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he’ll appoint a new special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, after a dispute over oil revenue between the newly separated states brought them to the brink of war last year.
The dispute involves “very significant border challenges” as well as problems related to secularism and Islamic law, Kerry said at a press conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia today. He called for a referendum on the status of the disputed Abyei region.