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The spokesperson for U.N. peacekeepers in the contested Abyei region says the mission will face huge security challenges if the U.N. withdraws Ethiopian troops from the force as planned. Ethiopia contributes all 2,000 soldiers in the U.N. Interim Force for Abyei (UNISFA), which monitors the oil-producing Abyei territory on the border between Sudan and South…

UN says troop withdrawal would create security vacuum

Driver killed, passengers injured in Abyei ambush The driver of a commercial vehicle was killed and several passengers were injured when they were ambushed in the disputed region of Abyei over the weekend. The Paramount Chief of Abyei, Bulabek Deng Kuol, told Radio Tamazuj that the vehicle was heading to the main Amiet market of Abyei town when they were attacked by gunmen.   “It was not an attack on an area but an ambush by armed men on a vehicle that was going to the market in Abyei town,...