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- Wednesday 8 May 2013
May 7, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Monday lodged a strongly worded complaint to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) over the killing of Abyei tribal leader Kuol Deng Kuol, warning that until the perpetrators are identified and (...)
- Wednesday 8 May 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
May 7, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - The Ethiopian government on Tuesday condemned the killing of an Ethiopian peacekeeper and a tribal leader in the contested Abyei region, which is claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan. (...)
- Monday 6 May 2013
May 5, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has warned that the incident which took place yesterday in the disputed border area of Abyei could trigger renewed strife in the region. Al-Amer Mokhtar Papo (R) a (...)
- Wednesday 14 November 2012
November 13, 2012 (JUBA/WASHINGTON) – A United Nations local staff member was accidently killed by a peacekeeper in the contested region of Abyei following the rise of tension between the Misseriya and Ngok Dinka communities there. (...)
- Friday 16 November 2012
November 16, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has urged youth from the contested border region of Abyei, to refrain from violence and revenge following a protest in which one local civilian working for United Nations in (...)
- Monday 11 February 2013
February 10, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Sunday accused the Sudanese government of scaling up deployment of additional troops and massive settlement of Arabs nomads from the Misseriya tribe in the contested Abyei area, allegedly to (...)
- Thursday 19 July 2012
July 18, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan said on Wednesday that Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, has agreed to hold a referendum to determine the future of the contested Abyei region but that voter eligibility still remains a "grey area". (...)
- Friday 5 August 2011
August 4, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – A three-hour delay by Sudanese authorities of the medical evacuation of three wounded Ethiopian peacekeepers in the country’s hotly contested region of Abyei may have led to their death, according to the (...)
- Thursday 28 February 2013
February 27, 2013 (JUBA) - Members of the Abyei community called on South Sudan’s to redeploy forces to the disputed border area on Wednesday as Juba accused neigbouring Sudan, of sponsoring the theft of 489 heads of cattle on Sunday (...)
- Monday 7 November 2011
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
November 6, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Ethiopian government said on Saturday that its brigade of peacekeeping forces deployed in Abyei, a territory claimed by both north Sudan and South Sudan, is exerting maximum (...)
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