The White House on Thursday delayed a decision on the contested $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline for 12 to 18 months while it studies an alternate route.

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UN Security Council envoys urge North Sudan to “withdraw immediately” its troops from the contested Abyei region on the border with South Sudan.

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UN urges North Sudan out of Abyei

A contentious week-long referendum in Sudan was marred by violent clashes between Arab nomads at the North-South border on Sunday, according to leaders in the contested Abyei region. The vote, in which the southern part of the country is expected to…

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Deadly Clashes Mar Sudanese Election