The African Union has given Sudan and South Sudan an ultimatum in hopes of preventing a new war between the neighboring nations.
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said on Tuesday that Sudan has declared war on his country.
Sudanese war planes bombed a market in the capital of South Sudan's oil-producing Unity State Monday, residents and officials said, an attack the southern army called a declaration of war.
At this point, the question of whether a new war between Sudan and South Sudan has started is a matter of semantics, not facts. The real question now is who will win?
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Monday he refused to enter into peace negotiations with South Sudan as the North conducted a series of air strikes against southern targets along the oil-rich border region, which has been the site of ongoing skirmishes.
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir met with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao Monday in Beijing as the young African nation seeks investment for an alternate pipeline that would allow it to circumvent exporting oil through its northern rival Sudan.
A Catholic church was set ablaze by a several hundred Muslims in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, the Associated Press reported.
With forces gathering on both sides of the Sudan-South Sudan border, it seems that the two nations are again headed toward all-out war, which would be devastating to both countries and their international partners.
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir ordered his forces to withdraw from the town of Heglig on Friday, even though he still believes the oil field is property of South Sudan.
The Arab League called an emergency meeting on Thursday over the quickly escalating violence between Sudan and South Sudan.
Yonas Fikre, an American Muslim, is seeking asylum in Sweden and has claimed that he was detained, torture and kept in solitary confinement in the United Arab Emirates for 106 days at the request of the FBI.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir announced he will 'liberate' South Sudan during a political rally Wednesday as clashes along the border intensify.
The growing conflict between Sudan and South Sudan will likely dominate the first annual Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa
Sudanese troops are on the outskirts of the disputed oil town of Heglig, captured on Tuesday by South Sudan, escalating the prospect of all-out war between the two countries.
The warning follows South Sudan's capture of the disputed Heglig oilfield on Tuesday after a series of border skirmishes with its northern neighbor.
Sudan is now in a state of war after troops from South Sudan seized the disputed, oil-rich border town of Heglig. Negotiations between the two countries have been suspend as forces are mobilized.
After two days of fighting, reports indicated the South Sudanese army (SPLA) has seized control of the Heglig oil fields, a vital strategic resource for Khartoum which accounts for over half of Sudan's domestic oil production.
Producers behind the 'Kony 2012' video are planning to release a sequel Tuesday that will shift the spotlight back to the horrific war crimes that occurred in Uganda by warlord Joseph Kony.
A number of international powers rushed to warn Sudan that recent military clashes near the border with South Sudan are propelling the nations toward war yet again.
The United Nations' Central Africa envoy believes Joseph Kony is hiding in the Central African Republic.
Movie star George Clooney and a group of other activists and politicians were arrested on Friday outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington in a protest against the Khartoum government and to bring attention to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
Egypt's Coptic Christian Pope Shenouda III passed away today, but you'd be forgiven for never having heard of him.
