Sudan and South Sudan have made a major breakthrough in border talks that concluded on Tuesday in Khartoum leaving only five areas subject to further negotiations.

At the conclusion of its 11th Joint Border Commission on October 22, chairman Moaz Mohamed Ahmed Tengu said the two sides agreed on where the border should pass.

“We agreed on the border lines, frontier marks and new maps will be drawn. We also agreed on the financial cost of the border demarcation programme.

The African Union Office in Sudan witnessed the signing of an agreement, including full description of the agreed parts.

However, five areas are still under contention including the Dabba al-Fukhar, Jabal al-Muqainis and Kaka areas on the border.

The others are Kefi Kenji and Hofrat Al-Nehass commercial areas in South Darfur, a 13-square-kilometer region inhabited by tribes from Darfur in western Sudan.