Sudan exports billions of dollars of oil per year. Southern states produce more than 80% of it, but receive only 50% of the revenue. The pipelines run north but the two sides have still not agreed how to share the oil wealth in the future.Sudans Set Deadlines To Resolve Outstanding Disputes -- BBC
Sudan and South Sudan have set deadlines to resolve disputes that remain outstanding since they became separate countries in July.
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir said several committees had been set up to deal with all the issues.
He was speaking alongside South Sudan President Salva Kiir, who was visiting the Sudanese capital Khartoum for the first time since independence.
The leaders insisted that, despite the tensions, they were committed to peace.
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