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The Abyei Area Legislative Council will be composed of 20 members; 12 nominated by the government of South Sudan and 8 members by the government of Sudan.
The Speaker will be nominated by Sudan with his Deputy nominated by South Sudan.
- Sunday 6 January 2013
January 5, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The presidents of Sudan Omer Hassan al-Bashir and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir agreed on implementing several outstanding items pertaining to Abyei, cooperation agreements and the disputed areas (...)
- Thursday 22 November 2012
November 21, 2012 (JUBA) - The Government of Sudan on Wednesday expressed unwillingness to attend the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee (AJOC) meeting, which was due to take place on 22 November. Luka Biong August 4, 2011 (Credit: (...)
- Monday 27 August 2012
August 26, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan’s government has back racked from its initial decision to send a steering committee to Abyei, putting an end to recent tensions over the administrative status of the contested area. Internally displaced (...)
- Saturday 23 March 2013
March 22, 2013 (JUBA) - The Khartoum government is reported to have abandoned its demand to hold 50% of the positions in the administration of Abyei, the main area of dispute along the international border between Sudan and South (...)
- Monday 24 September 2012
September 24, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan and South Sudan’s presidents ended Sunday evening a first round of talks without announcing a deal as they are expected to meet again on Monday for further discussions mainly on disputed areas (...)
- Sunday 26 August 2012
August 25, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Saturday accused the government of neighbouring Sudan of "deliberately" keeping its troops in the contested area of Abyei, allegedly with intention to provoke return to war between the two (...)
- Thursday 3 January 2013
January 2, 2013 (WAU) – The formation of the joint interim administration in the disputed Abyei region will depend on whether the forthcoming presidential summit makes a “successful breakthrough” on its final status, a South Sudanese (...)
- Saturday 10 November 2012
November 9, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan president Salva Kiir Mayardit Friday gave the go-ahead for the formation of Abyei interim administration where a Misseriya could be appointed as speaker of the region’s assembly. Luka Biong (right) (...)
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