Sudan has reportedly declared a state of emergency along its border with South Sudan after weeks of clashes.
The decree will apply in the border districts of the South
Kordofan, White Nile and Sennar states, according to the state-run Suna
news agency.Meanwhile, South Sudan has said it is willing to pull its police forces out of the disputed Abyei border region.
Sudanese local authorities have ordered a group of 12,000 ethnic South Sudanese people to leave Sudan within a week.
