Agok Skirmish

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2012 Agok border skirmish
Part of the Heglig Crisis and Sudan-South Sudan relations
Date 17 April 2012 Location South Kordofan, Sudan Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan 10°08′47″N 27°41′21″E / 10.1464941°N 27.6891518°E / 10.1464941; 27.6891518 Result Indecisive
Belligerents
South Sudan South Sudan People's Liberation Army	Sudan Sudanese Armed Forces
Commanders and leaders
Salva Kiir	Omar al-Bashir
Casualties and losses
7 killed [1]	15 killed[2]
Total: 22 killed[3]
class=notpageimage| Location within Sudan.

The Agok Skirmish was an armed confrontation between South Sudanese and Sudanese soldiers during the Heglig Crisis. The incident raised tensions of the possibility of an all-out war between South Sudan and Sudan.