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South Sudan: United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) condemns attacks on civilians and killing of a peacekeeper
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…
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.
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 Twic Dinka tribal members from neighboring Warrap State are locked in a land dispute with Ngok Dinka f...
JUBA, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- At least 42 people were killed including a UN peacekeeper during clashes Saturday in the Abyei Administrative Area between armed youth of the Twic community of neighboring Warrap state and Ngok Dinka of Abyei, officials confirmed Sunday.