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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 42 people are killed during attacks by Arab militiamen in the disputed area of Abyei between Sudan and South Sudan.
2022-04-14

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

The United Nations Security Council expresses "grave concern about the ongoing violence and rapidly deteriorating situation in Abyei in southern Sudan.
2011-06-3

The United Nations claims that about 20,000 people have fled the Abyei region for Agok in Southern Sudan after Sudanese forces took control.
2011-05-24

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

Southern Sudan says forces from Sudan have attacked the disputed Abyei border region.
2011-05-21

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