The ruling party of Sudan’s semi-autonomous south said on Friday the north’s armed forces were “unconstitutionally” building up troops in a volatile energy-rich area of central Sudan. Yein Matthew, spokesman for the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), said the Khartoum government’s army had deployed more than six battalions in the past three weeks in the province of South Kordofan, in what he said was a violation of a 2005 peace deal to end a two-decade war between north and south. (Full Story)