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A three-day conference of traditional leaders of the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya communities in the disputed area of Abyei has commenced today in Entebbe, Uganda.

A state minister and three county commissioners have been detained after the renewal of fighting between communities of Twic County of Warrap and the Abyei administrative area, a spokesman for Vice President Hussein Abdelbagi said.

Prime Ministe Pham Minh Chinh has delivered a speech at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C during his ongoing working trip to US.

Some 40 former peacekeepers hailing from Ethiopias war-wracked Tigray region arrive onboard a United Nations Embraer E190 aircraft to the Kassala airport in eastern Sudan after seeking asylum.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has delivered a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C. during his ongoing working trip to U.S.

Some 40 former peacekeepers hailing from Ethiopia’s war-wracked Tigray region arrived Sunday in eastern Sudan after seeking asylum, according to an AFP correspondent.

The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei says it's concerned about a surge in criminal incidents within the Area in the past two weeks; Ugandan traders in South Sudan complain that immigration officials continue to harass and extort money from them in disregard for the East African Common Market Protocol which guarantees the free movement of individuals, goods and workers across the regional bloc; The G7 foreign ministers say restoration of a creditable civilian-led government in ...

KASSALA, Sudan: Some 40 former peacekeepers hailing from Ethiopia’s war-wracked Tigray region arrived Sunday in eastern Sudan after seeking asylum, according to an AFP correspondent. Last month, more than 500 UN peacekeepers who were deployed in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan asked Khartoum for asylum, citing fears for their safety if they were to

The United Nations Security Council, acting unanimously on Tuesday, extended for six months the mandate of its interim security force in Abyei, a contested region on the border of Sudan and South Sudan, as well as its tasks related to border monitoring, a press release said.

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