Sudan Border Talks Again End with No Resolution

ADDIS ABABA – Ten days of border security talks between Sudan and South Sudan have broken off with the feuding neighbors no closer to agreement than when they started. International arbitration seems increasingly likely after months of inconclusive negotiations.

This latest round of African Union-mediated talks ended the same way as almost every one before it, with the two sides hurling bitter words at each other. As the meetings ended Friday, South Sudan‘s chief negotiator, Pagan Amum, wondered aloud whether they were worth continuing.

“The talks have failed because Khartoum is not interested in peace, Khartoum is interested in aggressing us. Khartoum is interested in killing our people. Should we continue talking to them? Common sense says we should not,” said Amum.

Amum told reporters his team would be back for more talks later this month. But he suggested that with the negotiations going nowhere, South Sudan‘s best bet might be to wait until August. That is when a United Nations Security Council resolution calls for the disputes to be turned over to an international arbitration panel.

“We have negotiated enough,” Amum  added.  “We have agreed to demarcate the border within six months. The government of Sudan has delayed the process. With the African

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