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Second Battle of Heglig
Part of the Heglig Crisis
Date10–20 April 2012
Location
Heglig, Sudan
9°59′58″N 29°23′55″E / 9.999444°N 29.398611°E / 9.999444; 29.398611
Result Sudanese Victory
Territorial
changes
Recapture of Heglig
Belligerents
South Sudan Sudan
Commanders and leaders
Salva Kiir Omar al-Bashir
Strength
unknown 1,000 soldiers[1]
Second Battle of Heglig is located in Sudan
Second Battle of Heglig
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Heglig within Sudan.

The Second Battle of Heglig was an armed confrontation of the 2012 South Sudan-Sudan border conflict that broke out on 10 April 2012.

  1. ^ Moore, Solomon (15 April 2012). "Sudan, South Move Troops to Border". The Wall Street Journal.

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