Bashir, Kiir pledge to open new page in Sudan ties, keep oil running
Diplomats hoped the meeting would defuse recent tensions and help build trust between the neighbours, who fought one of Africa's longest civil wars until 2005
South Sudan's Kiir to visit Sudan ahead of oil stoppage deadline
SUDAN-SOUTH/:South Sudan's Kiir to visit Sudan ahead of oil stoppage deadline
South Sudan passes oil bill, waits president's approval
SOUTHSUDAN-OIL/ :South Sudan passes oil bill, waits president's approval
Safety for a family that fled war in Sudan only to end up in Syria
The Sudanese family was urgently moved from Syria to an Emergency Transit Centre in Romania in preparation for resettlement in the Netherlands
South Sudan's Kiir puts generals under investigation for abuses
SOUTHSUDAN-GENERALS/:South Sudan's Kiir puts generals under investigation for abuses
Syrian refugees, who fled the violence in Syria, are seen at a school that functions as a shelter for Syrian Kurdish refugees at Qushtapa
Syrian refugees, who fled the violence in Syria, are seen at a school that functions as a shelter for Syrian Kurdish refugees at Qushtapa at the outskirts of the city of Arbil in Iraq's Kurdistan region, August 23, 2013. The number of Syrian children forced to flee their devastated homeland reached 1 million on August 23, 2013, half of all the refugees driven abroad by a conflict that shows no sign of ending, the United Nations said. Another two million Syrian minors are uprooted within their country where they are often attacked, recruited as fighters, and deprived of their education, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR and U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) said. Picture taken August 23, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) SOCIETY)
Syrian refugees, who fled the violence in Syria, are seen at a school that functions as a shelter for Syrian Kurdish refugees at Qushtapa
Syrian refugees, who fled the violence in Syria, are seen at a school that functions as a shelter for Syrian Kurdish refugees at Qushtapa at the outskirts of the city of Arbil in Iraq's Kurdistan region, August 23, 2013. The number of Syrian children forced to flee their devastated homeland reached 1 million on August 23, 2013, half of all the refugees driven abroad by a conflict that shows no sign of ending, the United Nations said. Another two million Syrian minors are uprooted within their country where they are often attacked, recruited as fighters, and deprived of their education, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR and U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) said. Picture taken August 23, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Syrian refugees, who fled the violence in Syria, are seen at a school that functions as a shelter for Syrian Kurdish refugees at Qushtapa
Syrian refugees, who fled the violence in Syria, are seen at a school that functions as a shelter for Syrian Kurdish refugees at Qushtapa at the outskirts of the city of Arbil in Iraq's Kurdistan region, August 23, 2013. The number of Syrian children forced to flee their devastated homeland reached 1 million on August 23, 2013, half of all the refugees driven abroad by a conflict that shows no sign of ending, the United Nations said. Another two million Syrian minors are uprooted within their country where they are often attacked, recruited as fighters, and deprived of their education, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR and U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) said. Picture taken August 23, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) SOCIETY)
Syrian refugees, who fled the violence in Syria, play poker at a school that functions as a shelter for Syrian Kurdish refugees at Qushtapa
Syrian refugees, who fled the violence in Syria, play poker at a school that functions as a shelter for Syrian Kurdish refugees at Qushtapa at the outskirts of the city of Arbil in Iraq's Kurdistan region, August 23, 2013. The number of Syrian children forced to flee their devastated homeland reached 1 million on August 23, 2013, half of all the refugees driven abroad by a conflict that shows no sign of ending, the United Nations said. Another two million Syrian minors are uprooted within their country where they are often attacked, recruited as fighters, and deprived of their education, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR and U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) said. Picture taken August 23, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)