The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, is urging North and South Sudan to end the violence between them and build a lasting peace. Renewed fighting between the two sides, ahead of South Sudan’s new Independence Day on July 9th, is raising fears of another civil war. The two sides fought a two-decade-long war which ended in 2005 with a Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
By 1 June, about 40,000 people displaced from Abyei after the town's takeover by Sudan Armed Forces had been registered in the Abyei area, Unity State and the greater Bahr El-Ghazal region and were receiving humanitarian assistance. Credits: UNMIS/Issac Gideon.
In a statement released Saturday, the Secretary-General said he is “alarmed at the deterioration of the security situation and escalation of fighting in Southern Kordofan, which has left thousands homeless…and the situation in Abyei and the fate of those affected by the conflict in the area.” On Sunday there was late word of a possible agreement for all military forces to be removed from Abyei.
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Author William Lambers 