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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

Six people are killed during an ambush in the Abyei region, an area disputed between Sudan and South Sudan.
2024-01-1

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

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

Sudan and South Sudan sign a pact to demilitarise the disputed Abyei region and to permit the presence of Ethiopian peacekeeping forces.
2011-06-20

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

Almost 100 civilians are killed in the disputed Abyei region between North and South Sudan since northern troops seized the area on 21 May.
2011-06-2

Officials from north Sudan and southern Sudan tentatively agree to a demilitarised border following recent tensions over the disputed Abyei border region.
2011-05-31

Salva Kiir Mayardit, the President of Southern Sudan, calls on the government of Sudan to withdraw its forces from the province of Abyei.
2011-05-26