Heavy fighting in a disputed region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan killed at least 32 people. Authorities said that the casualties included a UN peacekeeper. According to local media reports, the civilians and a Ghanaian soldier serving with a peacekeeping force died when unknown gunmen attacked two villages in the southern part of the Abyei administrative region.
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00:00 Heavy fighting in a disputed region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan killed at least
00:07 32 people.
00:08 Authorities said that the casualties included a UN peacekeeper.
00:13 According to local media reports, the civilians and a Ghanaian soldier serving with the peacekeeping
00:18 force died when unknown gunmen attacked two villages in the southern part of Abyei administrative
00:24 region.
00:25 A South Sudanese radio station, I Radio Juba, quoted Abyei Information Minister as saying
00:31 that 32 people were killed and 20 others were wounded.
00:34 But he said that the clashes stopped and the current situation is calm.
00:38 Inter-communal and cross-border clashes have escalated since South Sudan deployed its troops
00:43 to the contested territory in March.
00:45 The peacekeeping mission there condemned the troop deployment, saying that it would create
00:49 untold suffering and humanitarian concerns for civilians.
00:54 According to reports, international soldiers were sent to Alil and Ram Amir counties as
00:58 part of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei or UNIFSA to help quell the growing
01:04 conflict.
01:05 Last week, the Security Council voted unanimously to renew UNIFSA's mandate until November 15,
01:12 2024.
01:13 Earlier this month, the UN Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa warned that the unprecedented
01:18 seven-month war between Sudan's army and a rival paramilitary force was getting closer
01:23 to South Sudan and the Abyei region.
01:25 The UN says that more than 9,000 people have been killed since the conflict erupted in
01:30 mid-April, displacing millions of people within Sudan and into neighbouring countries.
01:35 Sudan and South Sudan have disagreed over control of the oil-rich Abyei region since
01:40 South Sudan gained independence from Sudan after a 2005 peace deal ended decades of civil
01:46 war between Sudan's north and south.
01:49 The deal called for both sides to settle the final status of Abyei through negotiations,
01:53 but it has never been implemented.
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