South Sudan orders Sudanese workers to leave oil plant

The Sudanese foreign ministry announced on Tuesday that South Sudan has asked 154 Sudanese nationals working for the oil company Petrodar in Fulug in Upper Nile to leave in three days. Spokesman El Obaid Adam Marawih said talks are underway between the Sudanese embassy in Juba and the head of Petrodar to charter a private plane to take them back to Khartoum.

The Sudanese foreign ministry announced on Tuesday that South Sudan has asked 154 Sudanese nationals working for the oil company Petrodar in Fulug in Upper Nile to leave in three days.

Spokesman El Obaid Adam Marawih said talks are underway between the Sudanese embassy in Juba and the head of Petrodar to charter a private plane to take them back to Khartoum.