Sudan does not exclude possibility of war

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said Friday tensions with South Sudan over oil transit payments could lead to war between the two countries, the Reuters reports.

Asked in an interview with state television whether war could break out with South Sudan, Bashir said: "There is a possibility."
He said Sudan wanted peace but added: "We will go to war if we are forced to go to war."

South Sudan took away much of Sudan's oil production when it split away from Khartoum as an independent country in July. Oil is the lifeline of both economies, the source reports.