Sources: Al Jazeera
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
Sudanese warplanes bomb the border town of Heglig, seized by South Sudan last week. 2012-04-15
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
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
Four Zambian peacekeepers are shot and injured after their convoy comes under attack by suspected armed tribal groups in the disputed border area between Sudan and Southern Sudan. 2011-05-11
Almost 99% of South Sudanese voted for independence from the north in a referendum according to official figures. 2011-01-21
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
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir accuses authorities in Southern Sudan of breaching a peace deal and warns of a possible new conflict if issues are not resolved before the independence referendum. 2010-10-10