Saturday, May 12, 2012

South Sudan police withdraw from disputed Abyei: UN

 

Sudanese President al-Bashir and his South Sudanese counterpart Kiir attend a news conference at Khartoum AirportUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - South Sudan has withdrawn its police from the disputed Abyei region on its border with Sudan, the United Nations said on Friday, after the U.N. Security Council threatened the African neighbors with sanctions to try and stop an escalating conflict. Sudan and South Sudan both claim Abyei, a border region containing fertile grazing land, which Khartoum took in May last year - triggering the exodus of tens of thousands of civilians - after a southern attack on an army convoy. ...

South Sudan police withdraw from disputed Abyei: UN
Sat, 12 May 2012 08:36:43 GMT

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