South Sudan has accused Sudan of building up forces along its disputed border, the site of clashes between the two countries last September.
South Sudan’s defence ministry described the deployment of troops on Tuesday as “unusual” and said they were ready for a possible incursion.
“The last two months have seen an unusual build-up of forces along our common border with the Republic of Sudan,” Majak D’Agoot, South Sudan’s deputy defence minister, told reporters in the capital Juba, without giving any numbers.
“Our forces are in the state of maximum readiness to repel any attack by Khartoum. We will stay in our current positions, we will keep to the terms of the (September) agreement,” D’Agoot said.
Sudan’s army and foreign ministry spokesmen could not be immediately reached for comment.
The two countries came close to war last April in the worst border clashes since South Sudan seceded in 2011 under a peace agreement that ended one of Africa’s longest civil wars.
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