Agok Skirmish

2012 Agok border skirmish
Part of the Heglig Crisis and Sudan-South Sudan relations
Date17 April 2012
Location
South Kordofan, Sudan
Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan
10°08′47″N 27°41′21″E / 10.1464941°N 27.6891518°E / 10.1464941; 27.6891518
Result Indecisive
Belligerents

South Sudan

Sudan

Commanders and leaders
Salva Kiir Omar al-Bashir
Casualties and losses
7 killed 15 killed
Total: 22 killed
Location within Sudan.

The Agok Skirmish was an armed confrontation between South Sudanese and Sudanese soldiers during the Heglig Crisis. The incident raised tensions of the possibility of an all-out war between South Sudan and Sudan.

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