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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.