Sudan: The Unresolved Crisis In Abyei

Sudan: The Unresolved Crisis In Abyei   Several weeks after the completion of the referendum on Southern Sudan, the unresolved crisis in Abyei continues to pose a major security threat in the contested and militarized North–South borderlands. The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) promised Abyei a referendum to decide whether the territory will join Northern or Southern Sudan, to be held simultaneously with vote on Southern independence. The Abyei vote did not occur due to a heated...

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