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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.
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 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…
After meeting with Dr. Riek Machar, the First Vice President of South Sudan, Dr. Luka Biong published an opinion article titled “The Abyei Box: What Do You Know” on Radio Tamazuj.