BENTIU — A brief but bloody border war in the disputed oil fields of central Sudan appeared to be over, as South Sudan announced that its troops would withdraw from the Heglig oilfield it seized two weeks ago.
Hundreds of Kenyan troops crossed the border into Somalia in October to crush the hardline militants it blames for a series of attacks and kidnappings on Kenyan soil.
The case of the village of al-Araqib is one of many where Negev Bedouin have tried to claim ownership of land based on pre-Israeli-state documents, and had their claims rejected.
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