South Sudan’s application to top EA president’s summit

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 [...]

Increase of UN troops in Abyei is part of a previous agreement, Sudan says

May 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s foreign ministry has stated that the call of the UN secretary General for adding (1126) troops to the UN Interim Force for Abyei (UNISFA) came in the context of an earlier agreement between Sudan and South Sudan and the UN. Soldiers of the United Nations’ Interim Force for Abyei [...]

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 [...]