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Creeping War Threatens Sudan's Eastern Border

A market in Sudan's eastern city of Kassala, the hometown of Sudanese rebel leader Ibrahim Dounia (Credit: AFP)

Sudan's nine-month-old war has so far largely spared the country's east. But with the frontline inching ever closer, and reports of military training camps across the border in Eritrea, the fragile peace there is in jeopardy.

Sudan's war has already killed thousands, including between 10,000 and 15,000 in a single city in the western Darfur region, according to UN experts.

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