Sudan rejects UN Security Council role in border dispute

KHARTOUM, Apr 28, 2012 (AFP) - Sudan on Saturday rejected UN Security Council involvement in efforts to end weeks of border clashes with South Sudan that have raised fears of a wider war.

"Sudan confirms that it rejects any efforts to disturb the African Union role and take the situation between Sudan and South Sudan to the UN Security Council," Foreign Minister Ali Karti said in a statement.

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