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A United Nations peacekeeper from Ghana has been killed alongside some civilians after clashes between rival local groups in the Abyei region on South Sudan's border with Sudan, a UN statement said.

KATHMANDU, Jan 29: At least 52 civilians, including a member of the United Nations peacekeeping mission, were killed in an attack by armed groups in the Abyei region of South Sudan, with 64 others injured.

United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) condemns continuing violence that has led to the death of second peacekeeper, urgently calls for calm

A UN peacekeeper from Ghana was killed amid the violence, the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) said on Sunday.

Abyei, 29 January 2024 - The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is concerned by continuing intercommunal clashes that resulted in the death of another United Nations peacekeeper from Pakistan on 28 January. This follows the death of a Ghanaian peacekeeper on 27 January. As part of its mandate to protect civilians, UNISFA has allowed all persons, in

Fighting between rival communities in a disputed region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan has killed 54 people, including two UN peacekeepers, the United Nations said on Monday, calling for calm.

The UN says one of its peacekeepers was killed while taking affected civilians to hospital.

Two United Nations peacekeepers were among more than 50 people killed in three days of violence in South Sudan’s oil-rich region of Abyei.

South Sudan: Ghanaian UN Peacekeeper Killed In Violence

More than 50 people including women, children and two UN peacekeepers were killed in attacks along South Sudan’s border with Sudan, officials said, the deadliest in a spate of incidents since 2021 related to a boundary dispute.