Dozens killed as violence flares in region disputed by Sudan, South Sudan
Al Jazeera
It was the deadliest incident in a spate of attacks since 2021 in the oil-rich Abyei border region.
Dozens are reported to have been killed in attacks in a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan.
Overall, 52 people, including women and children, died in the Abyei region during the weekend, local officials said on Monday. Both Sudan and South Sudan claim the oil-rich region along their shared border.
Bulis Koch, the information minister for Abyei, reported that armed youth from South Sudan’s Warrap state carried out raids into neighbouring Abyei on Saturday.
It was the deadliest incident in a spate of attacks since 2021 related to the boundary dispute. As well as those killed, 64 people were wounded in the attack.
A Ghanaian peacekeeper from the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) was killed when its base in Agok town was attacked amid the violence, the UN force said on Sunday.
