Regional Program Manager

ABYEI: Misplaced civility at the heart of an intractable conflict

By Deng Vanang May 13, 2013 – Until death do us part, seem to be the rapturous echoes ripping through the throbbing heart of bewildered Ngok Dinka citizens in Abyei. The disputed territory is aging as it is well over its centenary year in self-imposed exile. It is to be recalled the tiny but much [...]

UN calls for 1100 extra peacekeepers in disputed Abyei

A peacekeeper of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) stands guard in Abyei on November 6, 2010. UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on the UN Security Council to send more than 1,100 extra peacekeepers to the flashpoint region of Abyei disputed by rivals Sudan and South Sudan. – Copyright : AFP/File UNITED [...]

Warrap People Urge International Community To Expedite The Abyei Referendum

R-L: SPLA Major Manyang Kachuol, Deputy Governor, Akec Tong Aleu, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Brigadier Loncokoso Amachi on the SPLA Day celebration in Kuacjok [Gurtong| Aping Kuluel Machuol]During the commemoration of SPLA Day, 16 May, both authorities and youth leaders in the state voiced their concerns over the situation in Abyei.  “The problem of Abyei [...]

Independence "Incomplete" Without Abyei, Says South Sudan Forum

Juba — Attendees at a high-level conference in South Sudan have issued a statement, asserting the new nation’s independence from Sudan “remains incomplete” until Abyei is transferred back to the South from which it was moved in 1905 under colonial rule. Participants at the well-attended regional forum unanimously condemned the killing of the chief of [...]