South Sudan, on the brink of civil war less than three years after winning its independence from Sudan, received a visit Monday from its former ruler as fighting spread to the oil regions that both countries depend on for survival. Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir met with his counterpart, Salva Kiir, in the South Sudan capital of Juba. Although the two were on opposite ends of a civil war less than a decade ago, they now depend on each other to produce crude and export it to the outside world. The two presidents discussed the possibility of forming a joint force to protect South Sudan’s oil fields from rebels, according to Rabie Abdelaty, the spokesman for Sudan’s information ministry. “We need to put in place a force to protect our shared interests in the oil sector,” he said. South Sudan’s foreign ministry had no immediate comment on whether Mr. Kiir […]