Bashir threatens to cut South Sudan

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir addressing a conference in Khartoum. Photo/FILE 

By AFP
 

 

KHARTOUM

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir warned on Monday he will order the flow of oil from South Sudan to be cut off if Juba provides assistance to rebels in South Kordofan and Darfur.
 

Bashir said he would "completely close the pipeline" that carries oil from South Sudan to ports on Sudan's Red Sea coast.
 

He was speaking at a ceremony after the army recaptured Abu Kershola town in the far north of oil-rich South Kordofan, which rebels seized a month ago