Translate page with Google Home Stories Sudan Split Over Oil Story October 27, 2010 Sudan Split Over Oil Country: Sudan Author: Rebecca Hamilton Grantee Share this page on Facebook Share this page on Twitter Email this page Print this page English Project Sudan In Transition "Sudan in Transition” brings in-depth coverage of the cultural, political, economic and legal... Multiple Authors READ MORE ABOUT THIS PROJECT SECTIONS Article The remains of the SPLM Abyei office, destroyed in the fighting of 2008. Image by Rebecca Hamilton, Sudan, 2010. An oil-rich area on the border between northern and southern Sudan is adding to already tense relations that exist between the Sudanese government and southern leaders.