The Sudan is due to become independent in just over a month, but authority over border city, Abyei is still being disputed. Northern and Southern troops have been fighting for weeks. Recently Northern troops entered southern dominated regions of the city, killing southern troops and civilians. Officials from Northern Sudan insist this was an act of retaliation after 22 northern troops were ambushed as they left the city.
Most of Abyei's citizens have fled and the UN is calling for an end in violence. Before the end of a peace agreement, the region had been governed by a cooperative northern/southern mix. Now, President Omar al-Bashir has dismissed those in office and many fear a war is soon to come.
Southern officials are calling for international assistance, Northern officials continue to invade. Many historians fear this will be another bout of civil war like that the peace treaties had ended.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13491445
Renee Hessing
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