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60,000 people fled during and after fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) in the politically disputed town of Abyei in May ...

Mading explained that, due to Abyei’s contested status, Sudanese nationals fleeing conflict in their country have sought ...

It is the deadliest incident in a three-year-long spate of clashes in oil-rich region of Abyei. Two armed groups raided Abyei on Saturday, local authorities said. The day after, peacekeepers came ...

Rich in oil resources, the Abyei area straddles the border between Sudan and South Sudan and is claimed by both sides. "The ...

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan met, in his office on Sunday, with the head of the Joint Supervisory Committee for the Abyei Area - Sudan side - Lt. Gen. (Police) ...

The floods have affected about 1.4 million people, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Friday, across 43 counties and the disputed Abyei region, which is ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the deadly violence in the disputed Abyei Administrative Area, in which two UN peacekeepers were killed. Spokesman of the UN Chief Stephane Dujarric ...