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U.N. aid chief says Sudanese rebels obstructing aid deal

Thomson ReutersMay 23, 2013 15:15

By Ulf Laessing KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese insurgents are obstructing a deal to deliver much-needed aid into areas under their control in two Sudanese states where almost a million people have been forced from their homes, the U.N. aid chief said on Thursday. The United Nations has been trying to get aid into South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, where Sudan's army has been fighting the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-North) for almost two years.

UN calls for 1,100 extra peacekeepers in disputed Abyei

Agence France-PresseMay 17, 2013 20:00

UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on the UN Security Council to send more than 1,100 extra peacekeepers to the flashpoint region of Abyei disputed by rivals Sudan and South Sudan. The call comes after deadly clashes in the territory between rival groups who Ban said "remain armed, hostile and highly distrustful of each other." Rivalry has regularly turned into battles in Abyei, where sovereignty was never settled after South Sudan broke away from the north in July 2011.

Insurgents kill two rebel chiefs in Sudan's Darfur

Agence France-PresseMay 13, 2013 14:47

Two Darfur rebel chiefs who signed an accord with the Sudanese government have been killed in an insurgent attack near the strife-torn region's border with Chad, the foreign ministry said on Monday. "The forces of the Revolutionary Front carried out an odious terrorist operation on Sunday, murdering in cold blood the two leaders Mohammed Bashar and Arko Dahiya" who "were on a peaceful mission in the Yamna region on the border with Chad," it said in a statement.

Sudan's rebel wars reach placid heartland

Thomson ReutersMay 7, 2013 11:35

By Ulf Laessing UM RAWABA, Sudan (Reuters) - The line of army pickup trucks rumbled into the dusty streets of Um Rawaba, a once placid city in the heart of Sudan that days ago became a new front in the war of attrition between government and rebels. Six days earlier, hundreds of insurgents had stormed in, spraying bullets and killing up to 13 civilians and soldiers, before pulling out as government planes started flying overhead.

Sudanese clash kills Ethiopian peacekeeper, tribal head

Thomson ReutersMay 7, 2013 11:03

By Ulf Laessing and Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) - One Ethiopian peacekeeper was killed and two others wounded when a U.N. convoy was caught up in a tribal clash in the Abyei border region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, the United Nations said on Sunday. A tribal leader was shot dead in the same incident, while in separate violence along the neighbors' volatile border, the Sudanese army clashed with rebels of the SPLM-North, which is trying to topple President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

Ethiopian peacekeeper killed, two wounded in Sudanese clash

Thomson ReutersMay 7, 2013 10:57

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - One Ethiopian peacekeeper was killed and two others wounded when a U.N. convoy was caught up in a tribal clash in the Abyei border region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, the United Nations said on Sunday. Sudan and South Sudan in March agreed to resume cross-border oil flows and defuse tensions which have plagued them since the South seceded in 2011 after an independence vote.

Tribal leader killed in Sudan's flashpoint Abyei region

Thomson ReutersMay 7, 2013 10:46

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A top tribal leader allied to South Sudan was killed in clashes involving a rival Sudanese tribe in the Abyei region disputed by the African neighbors on Saturday, both sides said, an incident that risks fuelling new tensions in the flashpoint area. Abyei, straddling the border between Sudan and South Sudan, is claimed by both sides, which fought one of Africa's longest civil wars.

Killings hike tension in Abyei area disputed by Sudans

Agence France-PresseMay 5, 2013 16:16

Tension and anger on Sunday gripped the Abyei region disputed by Sudan and South Sudan after the killing of a tribal chief and at least one peacekeeper, residents said, as the UN boosted security. The Sudanese foreign ministry condemned the "isolated incident" which killed Kual Deng Majok, the top Ngok Dinka leader in Abyei. Khartoum said members of the Misseriya tribe, the other dominant group in the area, also died in Saturday's incident, along with three peacekeepers from the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

Killings hike tension in Abyei area disputed by Sudans

Agence France-PresseMay 5, 2013 16:15

Tension and anger on Sunday gripped the Abyei region disputed by Sudan and South Sudan after the killing of a tribal chief and at least one peacekeeper, residents said, as the UN boosted security. The Sudanese foreign ministry condemned the "isolated incident" which killed Kual Deng Majok, the top Ngok Dinka leader in Abyei. One Ethiopian peacekeeper died and two other Blue Helmets were seriously wounded in the "attack by a Misseriya assailant on a UNISFA convoy", the United Nations said.

Tension, anger in Abyei after chief, peacekeeper killed

Agence France-PresseMay 5, 2013 06:30

Tension and anger on Sunday gripped the Abyei region disputed by Sudan and South Sudan following the killing of a top tribal chief and an Ethiopian peacekeeper, residents said, as the UN stepped up security. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for calm after the Ngok Dinka chief Kual Deng Majok and the peacekeeper died in an "attack" by a Misseriya tribesman in the region on Saturday. "It looks like Dinka are very angry," one local resident told AFP. He reported fire coming from the Abyei town centre, where Misseriya operate small shops.