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Gunmen attacked villagers in the oil-rich region of Abyei claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, leaving at least 52 people dead, including a U.N. peacekeeper, and 64 wounded, a regional official said Sunday. The motive for the attack Saturday evening was not immediately clear but it was suspected to revolve around a land dispute, Bulis Koch, Abyei information minister, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Abyei. Deadly ethnic violence has been common in the region, where Tw...

A regional official says gunmen attacked villagers in the oil-rich region of Abyei claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan

Five abductees, including a little girl, were released in Rumamer County, Abyei, according to authorities from the Abyei Area and Twic County in Warrap State.

The Embassies of Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States have condemned the latest attacks in the Abyei Administrative Area.

The latest spate of conflicts in Abyei Administrative Area is to blame for the soaring food prices in the local market, authorities have said.

The government has been asked to urgently probe the Sunday killing of the Abyei Deputy Chief Administrator.

Six people including a senior local administrator were killed in an ambush by armed men in the Abyei region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, local officials said. The oil-rich region experiences frequent bouts of violence, where rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group — Twic Dinka from South Sudan's neighboring Warrap State, and…

By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA (Reuters) - Six people including a senior local administrator were killed in an ambush by armed men in the Abyei region clai...

WARRAP – More than 60 people, including army officers, ex-combatants, and traditional chiefs in the state, recently gathered in Kuajok to discuss ways of decreasing community violence.Participants in the workshop, which was organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), identified locations particularly prone to conflicts, the factors that most often cause

Warrap communities discuss gender-responsive ways of reducing local violence