What the records say
- When
- 2012
- Kind
- Armed conflict
- Deaths
- 367
- Coordinates
- 9.23° N, 29.83° E
- Incompatibility
- territory
- Type of conflict
- interstate
- Territory name
- Common border
- Region
- Africa
- Location
- South Sudan, Sudan
- Side a
- Government of South Sudan
Placed at the middle of its 27 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).
Heglig Crisis
War fought between Sudan and South Sudan
The Heglig Crisis was a brief war fought between the countries of Sudan and South Sudan in 2012 over oil-rich regions between South Sudan's Unity and Sudan's South Kordofan states. South Sudan invaded and briefly occupied the small border town of Heglig before being pushed back by the Sudanese army.
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- UCDP Battle-Related DeathsUppsala Conflict Data ProgramCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “President Omar Hassan al-Bashir cancels planned meetings with the government of South Sudan following border clashes the day prior”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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