BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - At last some sense has emerged between the leaders of Sudan and South Sudan who have agreed to a set of proposals outlined by former South African President Thabo Mbeki and envoy of the African Union (AU) to bring about a settlement to their dispute.
Relations between these two neighbours have also been tense since the independence of the South in July 2012. Nonetheless, it is a good development that both the flanks of Sudan have responded to diplomacy.
Their endeavour to talk, despite hiccups and constant irritations on their respective frontiers is long overdue. In recent reports both leaders have reaffirmed their commitment to setting up a buffer zone on their shared border and resuming oil exports to Port Sudan.