Sudan’s president has threatened to topple the government of South Sudan during a visit to an oil-rich border town that has sparked a recent surge in violence between the two countries.
Omar al-Bashir’s comments Monday were the latest in a war of words against Sudan’s southern neighbors.
The two countries disagree over where the border between them lies and ownership of oil resources in the region.
This latest outbreak of violence threatens to escalate into a full-scale war.
Al-Bashir vowed during his visit to Heglig to press ahead with his military campaign until, according to him, all southern troops or affiliated forces are chased out of the north. His forces bombed a major town inside South Sudan Monday. (AP)
Sudanese jet planes bombed near the bridge in Bentiu, South Sudan, on April 14, 2012. The attack killed at least four civilians. (Alan Boswell/MCT)
A Sudanese soldier rides a bicycle during a patrol following clashes between the army and South Sudan's forces in the town of Talodi in South Kordofan, about 50 kms (30 miles) from the disputed frontier with South Sudan, on April 12, 2012. The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan accused each other of wanting war, with each denying the other's charge, as Sudanese war planes bombed a bridge in the South after days of fighting in a contested border region. (ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images)
This photo of Sunday, April 15, 2012, shows a soldier from the Darfuri rebel group Justice and Equality Movement at a South Sudanese position in Heglig, South Sudan. Sudan has accused South Sudan of fighting alongside the rebel group in the recent clashes along the disputed border. Two Sudanese Sukhoi fighters dropped 6 bombs in the Bentiu area, killing five and wounding four others. (AP Photo/Michael Onyiego)
A picture taken on April 14, 2012 shows Peter Yien Chuol, a local farmer, waiting for treatment at the Bentiu Hospital after being injured by a bomb in Bentiu. A Sudanese plane bombed Bentiu, capital of South Sudan's oil-rich border state of Unity, on April 14, killing five civilians and wounding six, a local government spokesman said. Gideon Gatfan, spokesman of the Unity state government, said one bomb fell beside a car market near a bridge which was the target of the raid. (ADRIANE OHANESIAN/AFP/Getty Images) 
A picture taken on April 15, 2012 shows a tank belonging to the Sudan Armed Forces (SLA) which was destroyed during fighting with the South-Sudan's Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) near Heglig. Sudan's army was within kilometres of the main town in the Heglig oil region on April 14, a spokesman said after Khartoum launched a counter-attack against South Sudanese forces which still claimed to hold the area. Heglig is Sudan's most important oil centre but the attack on April 10 caused a total production shutdown in the area, said Ahmed Haroun, the South Kordofan governor. (ADRIANE OHANESIAN/AFP/Getty Images)
A picture taken on April 15, 2012 shows a soldier of the South-Sudan's Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) exploring the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) Aliny Base, in Heglig. Sudan's army was within kilometres of the main town in the Heglig oil region on April 14, a spokesman said after Khartoum launched a counter-attack against South Sudanese forces which still claimed to hold the area. Heglig is Sudan's most important oil centre but the attack on April 10 caused a total production shutdown in the area, said Ahmed Haroun, the South Kordofan governor. (ADRIANE OHANESIAN/AFP/Getty Images)
A picture taken on April 17, 2012 shows soldiers of the South-Sudan's Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) pointing towards a circling Antonov in Heglig. Silence has followed Sudan's announcement four days ago that it had begun a counterattack towards the oil centre of Heglig seized by Southern troops. The army spokesman remained unreachable by telephone for a third day on April 17, and has not given a press briefing since April 14 when he said his forces were kilometres (miles) from Heglig town seized on April 10 by the South. Heglig is Sudan's most important oil centre but the attack on April 10 caused a total production shutdown in the area, said Ahmed Haroun, the South Kordofan governor. (ADRIANE OHANESIAN/AFP/Getty Images)
SPLA (South Sudan People's Liberation Army) soldiers stand in an old Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) compound in Heglig, on April 17, 2012. A Sudanese plane bombed Bentiu, capital of South Sudan's oil-rich border state of Unity, on April 14, killing five civilians and wounding six, a local government spokesman said. Gideon Gatfan, spokesman of the Unity state government, said one bomb fell beside a car market near a bridge which was the target of the raid. The SPLA (South Sudan People's Liberation Army) controls both the town of Heglig and the Heglig oilfields. (ADRIANE OHANESIAN/AFP/Getty Images)
The road from Bentiu to Heglig is littered with debris from clashes between the SPLA (South Sudan People's Liberation Army) and the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on April 17, 2012. A Sudanese plane bombed Bentiu, capital of South Sudan's oil-rich border state of Unity, on April 14, killing five civilians and wounding six, a local government spokesman said. Gideon Gatfan, spokesman of the Unity state government, said one bomb fell beside a car market near a bridge which was the target of the raid. The SPLA (South Sudan People's Liberation Army) controls both the town of Heglig and the Heglig oilfields. (ADRIANE OHANESIAN/AFP/Getty Images)
SPLA (South Sudan People's Liberation Army) vehicles drive on the road from Bentiu to Heglig, on April 17, 2012. A Sudanese plane bombed Bentiu, capital of South Sudan's oil-rich border state of Unity, on April 14, killing five civilians and wounding six, a local government spokesman said. Gideon Gatfan, spokesman of the Unity state government, said one bomb fell beside a car market near a bridge which was the target of the raid. The SPLA (South Sudan People's Liberation Army) controls both the town of Heglig and the Heglig oilfields. (ADRIANE OHANESIAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Sudanese wave national flags as they gather outside the Defence Ministry in the capital Khartoum on April 20, 2012 to celebrate retaking the oil town of Heglig from South Sudanese forces. Border clashes between Sudan and South Sudan escalated last week with waves of air strikes hitting the South, and Juba seizing the north's Heglig oil hub on April 10. (ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images)
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir waves to the crowd gathering outside the Defence Ministry in the capital Khartoum on April 20, 2012 to celebrate retaking the oil town of Heglig from South Sudanese forces. Border clashes between Sudan and South Sudan escalated last week with waves of air strikes hitting the South, and Juba seizing the north's Heglig oil hub on April 10. (ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images)
A picture taken on April 15, 2012, shows soldiers of the Justice Equality Movement (JEM) traveling along the only main road of Heglig. South Sudan on April 20 ordered an end to its 10-day occupation of Sudan's main oilfield at Heglig, a move which had sparked fears of a wider war, but Sudan said its forces had chased them out. Border clashes between Sudan and South Sudan escalated last week with waves of air strikes hitting the South, and Juba seizing the Heglig oil hub on April 10. (ADRIANE OHANESIAN/AFP/Getty Images)
A picture taken on April 15, 2012, shows members of the Justice Equality Movement (JEM) traveling along the only main road of Heglig. South Sudan on April 20 ordered an end to its 10-day occupation of Sudan's main oilfield at Heglig, a move which had sparked fears of a wider war, but Sudan said its forces had chased them out. Border clashes between Sudan and South Sudan escalated last week with waves of air strikes hitting the South, and Juba seizing the Heglig oil hub on April 10. (ADRIANE OHANESIAN/AFP/Getty Images)
A picture taken on 15, 2012, shows a soldier of the Justice Equality Movement (JEM) looking through abandoned papers at the Sudan Armed Forces' (SAF) Aliny Base of Heglig. South Sudan on April 20 ordered an end to its 10-day occupation of Sudan's main oilfield at Heglig, a move which had sparked fears of a wider war, but Sudan said its forces had chased them out. Border clashes between Sudan and South Sudan escalated last week with waves of air strikes hitting the South, and Juba seizing the Heglig oil hub on April 10. (ADRIANE OHANESIAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Soldiers of the South-Sudan's Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) leave the Rubkona Military Hospital in Rubkona, South Sudan, on April 20, 2012. South Sudan on April 20 ordered an end to its 10-day occupation of Sudan's main oilfield at Heglig, a move which had sparked fears of a wider war, but Sudan said its forces had chased them out. Border clashes between Sudan and South Sudan escalated last week with waves of air strikes hitting the South, and Juba seizing the Heglig oil hub on April 10. (ADRIANE OHANESIAN/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOTS A wounded soldier of the South-Sudan's Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) rests outside the Rubkona Military Hospital in Rubkona, South Sudan, on April 20, 2012. South Sudan on April 20 ordered an end to its 10-day occupation of Sudan's main oilfield at Heglig, a move which had sparked fears of a wider war, but Sudan said its forces had chased them out. Border clashes between Sudan and South Sudan escalated last week with waves of air strikes hitting the South, and Juba seizing the Heglig oil hub on April 10. (ADRIANE OHANESIAN/AFP/Getty Images)
South Sudan's SPLA soldiers hold up their weapons as they shout at a military base in Bentiu April 22, 2012. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A soldier of South Sudan's SPLA army holds his rifle near an oil field in Unity State April 22, 2012. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A South Sudanese soldier has a bullet removed from his leg in the Rubkona Military Hospital Sunday, April 22, 2012 in South Sudan. Sudanese armed forces launched an attack more than 6 miles inside South Sudan's border, a South Sudanese official said Sunday, days after the South announced it is pulling its troops from a disputed border town to avoid an all out war between the two countries, Deputy Director of Military Intelligence for South Sudan Maj. Gen. Mac Paul said ground troops from Sudan launched three waves of attacks. (AP Photo/Michael Onyiego
Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA) sing pro-war songs at April 23, 2012 at a base in Bentiu. Sudanese war planes launched a fresh bombing raid on a key South Sudanese town Monday, dashing hopes that a withdrawal of Southern troops from a contested area would end weeks of fighting. Several bombs were dropped on Bentiu, capital of the oil-rich South Sudan border state of Unity, killing at least one child and wounding several civilians, an AFP reporter witnessed. (HANNAH MCNEISH/AFP/Getty Images)
A SPLA soldier walks in a market destroyed in an air strike by the Sudanese air force in Rubkona near Bentiu April 23, 2012. Sudanese warplanes carried out air strikes on South Sudan on Monday, killing three people near the southern oil town of Bentiu, residents and military officials said, three days after South Sudan pulled out of a disputed oil field. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A SPLA soldier looks at warplanes as he lies on the ground to take cover beside a road during an air strike by the Sudanese air force in Rubkona near Bentiu April 23, 2012. Sudanese warplanes carried out air strikes on South Sudan on Monday, killing three people near the southern oil town of Bentiu, residents and military officials said, three days after South Sudan pulled out of a disputed oil field. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A woman runs along a road during an air strike by the Sudanese air force in Rubkona near Bentiu April 23, 2012. Sudanese warplanes carried out air strikes on South Sudan on Monday, killing three people near the southern oil town of Bentiu, residents and military officials said, three days after South Sudan pulled out of a disputed oil field. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Smoke rises after the Sudanese air force fired a missile during an air strike in Rubkona near Bentiu April 23, 2012. Sudanese warplanes carried out air strikes on South Sudan on Monday, killing three people near the southern oil town of Bentiu, residents and military officials said, three days after South Sudan pulled out of a disputed oil field. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
The burnt body of a boy killed during an air strike by the Sudanese air force is covered with sheets in a market in Rubkona near Bentiu April 23, 2012. Sudanese warplanes carried out air strikes on South Sudan on Monday, killing three people near the southern oil town of Bentiu, residents and military officials said, three days after South Sudan pulled out of a disputed oil field. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A donkey runs along a road during an air strike by the Sudanese air force in Rubkona near Bentiu April 23, 2012. Sudanese warplanes carried out air strikes on South Sudan on Monday, killing three people near the southern oil town of Bentiu, residents and military officials said, three days after South Sudan pulled out of a disputed oil field. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Men look at a market destroyed by an air strike by the Sudanese air force in Rubkona near Bentiu April 23, 2012. Sudanese warplanes carried out air strikes on South Sudan on Monday, killing three people near the southern oil town of Bentiu, residents and military officials said, three days after South Sudan pulled out of a disputed oil field. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A boy lies on the ground to take cover beside a road during an air strike by the Sudanese air force in Rubkona near Bentiu April 23, 2012. Sudanese warplanes carried out air strikes on South Sudan on Monday, killing three people near the southern oil town of Bentiu, residents and military officials said, three days after South Sudan pulled out of a disputed oil field. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Residents try to extinguish fires still burning in the smoldering remains of a market in Rubkona near Bentiu in South Sudan Monday, April 23, 2012. A boy was killed and at least two people were wounded Monday when Sudanese aircraft bombed an area near the town of Bentiu in South Sudan, an official and witness said, increasing the threat of a full-scale war breaking out between the two nations. (AP Photo/Michael Onyiego)
A policeman walks past the smoldering remains of a market in Rubkona near Bentiu in South Sudan Monday, April 23, 2012. A boy was killed and at least two people were wounded Monday when Sudanese aircraft bombed an area near the town of Bentiu in South Sudan, an official and witness said, increasing the threat of a full-scale war breaking out between the two nations. (AP Photo/Michael Onyiego)
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