The low-level conflict between the Sudanese government and rebels in the east could escalate into full-blown war with disastrous results for civilians in the restive area, a think-tank said on Thursday. Despite a year-old peace deal between Khartoum and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) that ended two decades of civil war in Sudan’s south, conflict simmers in the east and in the western region of Darfur. Full Story