Prisoners of war freed in South Sudan

South Sudan has freed prisoners of war as clashes appeared to abate between north and south, after cross-border fighting that threatened to tip into all-out war. Sitting on some of Africa's most significant oil reserves, Sudan and South Sudan have been unable to resolve a dispute over oil revenues and border demarcation since the South gained independence in July.

Nearly all oil production has now stopped and the border fighting in contested oil-producing regions has grown more intense, prompting China, which has economic interests in both

The International Red Cross completed the repatriation of the 13 Sudanese prisoners of war this morning.

“These people were hended over to the ICRC colleagues in Juba and were subsequently accompanied by ICRC delegates as they travelled from Juba to Khartoum via Cairo”, says Aleksandra Matijevic Mosimann the ICRC’s spokesperson in Khartoum.

She also told Lydia O’Kane that the ICRC is concerned about the escalating clashes between Sudan and South Sudan. Listen