Agok Skirmish

2012 Agok border skirmish
Part of the Heglig Crisis and Sudan-South Sudan relations
Date17 April 2012
Location10°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 [1] 15 killed[2]
Total: 22 killed[3]
Agok Skirmish is located in Sudan
Agok Skirmish
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.

  1. ^ "BBC News - Sudan and the South 'open new front' in border clash". BBC News. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Sudan and the South 'open new front' in border clash". BBC News. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Sudan and the South Sudan in border clash". Africangrio.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.