Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir warned Friday that his country is close to going to war against South Sudan, according to an AFP report.
"The climate now is closer to a climate of war than one of peace," said Bashir on national television.
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The countries are also locked in a border dispute over the oil-rich Abyei region, which both claim as their own sovereign territory.