The First Battle of Heglig was a military campaign of South Sudan that gave rise to the 2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict.

Conflict

On March 26, the Republic of Sudan claimed that South Sudan attacked the

Heglig Heglig, or Panthou (also spelled Pandthow or Heglieg), is a small town at the border between the South Kordofan state of Sudan and the Unity State in South Sudan. The entirety of Heglig is claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, but administered b ...

oilfield, located in the Sudanese state of

South Kordofan South Kordofan ( ar, جنوب كردفان ') is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 158,355 km² and an estimated population of approximately 1,100,000 people (2000).South Sudan says Sudan bombs oil fields in border region
– Euro News. Published 27 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012. The Republic of Sudan's Information Minister, Abdallah Ali Masar, confirmed that South Sudan had penetrated 10 km into Sudanese territory, but also claimed that Sudanese forces had repelled them and driven them back, and had taken several prisoners. South Sudanese troops were ordered by their government to disengage and withdraw from the disputed area on 28 March. Dead bodies and destroyed vehicles lay strewn in Heglig, the oilfield where the bloody battles took place. Three bodies were identified as South Sudanese soldiers, while a tank as well as 4 pickup trucks were destroyed.

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