KHARTOUM: Sudan's President Omar Bashir yesterday ordered land and river border crossings with South Sudan reopened, official radio said, after agreements eased long-running tensions between the neighbors.
Bashir "ordered the opening of all the highway or river gates on the border," Radio Omdurman said in a brief alert sent by text message. It said Bashir made the request after a meeting with Sudan's new ambassador to South Sudan.
The announcement comes after Bashir and his South Sudanese counterpart, Salva Kiir, on Sept. 27 signed deals on security and cooperation in Addis Ababa.
Bashir orders South Sudan borders reopened
