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Thirty-seven people are killed during fights over a suspected land feud in the disputed region of Abyei on the border between South Sudan and Sudan.
2024-02-4

Gunmen open fire against villagers over a suspected land dispute in the disputed area of Abyei, between South Sudan and Sudan, killing 52 people and injuring 64 others.
2024-01-27

At least 32 people are killed and 20 others are injured in a mass shooting against two villages in Abyei, an area that is disputed between Sudan and South Sudan.
2023-11-19

Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir orders the closure of oil pipelines coming from South Sudan.
2013-06-8

The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan, Omar al-Bashir and Salva Kiir Mayardit, respectively, will meet in Addis Ababa to convene for talks regarding escalating tensions is response to Sudan's recent seizure of Abyei.
2013-01-4

North and South Sudan agree to demilitarise the disputed Abyei region.
2011-06-13

North Sudan dismisses calls by the United Nations Security Council to leave the disputed Abyei region on the border with South Sudan.
2011-06-4

South Sudan says the capture of the disputed Abyei region is a "declaration of war".
2011-05-22

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir goes to Juba to meet with Southern Sudanese President of the Government Salva Kiir Mayardit ahead of Southern Sudan's independence referendum.
2011-01-4

A senior official from the Sudanese National Congress Party says it is "not possible" to hold a referendum on whether the disputed region of Abyei remains a part of northern or Southern Sudan.
2010-10-15