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Watu wenye bunduki washambulia vijiji kwenye eneo linalozozaniwa na Sudan na Sudan Kusini
Watu wenye bunduki walishambulia wanavijiji kwenye eneo lenye utajiri mkubwa wa mafuta la Abyei, linalozozaniwa kati ya Sudan na Sudan Kusini, na kuuwa takriban watu 52, akiwemo mlinda amani wa Umoja wa Mataifa na kujeruhi wengine 64.
“Madhumuni ya shambulizi hilo la Jumamosi usiku hayajabainishwa, lakini inashukiwa ni kutokana na mzozo wa ardhi,” Bulis Koch, ambaye ni waziri wa habari wa jimbo la Abiye, ameambia shirika la habari la AP kwa njia ya simu.
Ghasia zilizopelekea mauaji zimekuwa zikitokea mara kwa mara kwenye eneo hilo, ambako watu wa kabila la Twic Dinka kutoka jimbo jirani la Warrap wamekuwa kwenye mvutano wa ardhi na kabila la Ngok Dinka la Abyei, kutokana na eneo la Aneet karibu na mpaka.
Waliofanya mashambulizi ya Jumamosi walikuwa vijana kutoka kabila la Nuer ambao walihama kutoka jimbo la Warrap mwaka jana kufuatia mafuriko, ameongeza waziri Koch. Kupitia taarifa, kikosi cha muda cha UN, cha kulinda usalama katika eneo la Abiye, UNISFA, kimekemea shambulizi hilo ambalo limesababisha kifo cha mfanyakazi wake.
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At least 52 killed in fresh communal clashes near South Sudan
At least 52 people, including a UN peacekeeper, were killed and 64 others wounded in the Abyei Administrative Area on Saturday during clashes between the armed youth of the Twic community of neighboring Warrap state and Ngok Dinka of Abyei, AP reported Sunday, citing officials.
The Abyei Administrative Area remains a contested area between South Sudan and its neighbor Sudan, which has been mired in conflict since April 15.
The motive for Saturday's attack was not immediately clear but it was suspected to revolve around a land dispute, Bulis Koch, Abyei information minister, told AP.
The two communities have been contesting for years the ownership of a strip of land in the Aneet border area, which separates the two communities.
Source: CGTB
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52 Killed in Clashes in Disputed African Region of Abyei, Regional Official Says
Gunmen attacked villagers in the oil-rich region of Abyei claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, leaving at least 52 people dead, including a U.N. peacekeeper, and 64 wounded, a regional official said Sunday.
The motive for the attack Saturday evening was not immediately clear but it was suspected to revolve around a land dispute, Bulis Koch, Abyei information minister, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Abyei.
Deadly ethnic violence has been common in the region, where Twic Dinka tribal members from neighboring Warrap State are locked in a land dispute with Ngok Dinka from Abyei over the Aneet area, located at the border.
The attackers in Saturday's violence were armed youth from the Nuer tribe who migrated to Warrap state last year because of flooding in their areas, Koch said.
In a statement, the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei, UNISFA, condemned the violence that killed the peacekeeper.
UNIFSA confirmed intercommunal clashes took place in the Nyinkuac, Majbong and Khadian areas leading to casualties and the evacuation of civilians to UNISFA bases.
"The UNISFA base in Agok came under attack by an armed group. The mission repelled the attack, but tragically a Ghanaian peacekeeper was killed," the statement said.
Sudan and South Sudan have disagreed over control of the Abyei region since a 2005 peace deal ended decades of civil war between Sudan's north and south. Both Sudan and South Sudan claim ownership of Abyei, whose status was unresolved after South Sudan became independent from Sudan in 2011.
The region's majority Ngok Dinka people favor South Sudan, while the Misseriya nomads who come to Abyei to find pasture for their cattle favor Sudan. Currently, the region is under the control of South Sudan.
An African Union panel proposed a referendum for Abyei but there was disagreement over who could vote. Currently, the region is under the control of South Sudan.
Inter-communal and cross-border clashes have escalated since South Sudan deployed its troops to Abyei in March.
Source: VOA
Watu wenye bunduki walishambulia wanavijiji kwenye eneo lenye utajiri mkubwa wa mafuta la Abyei, linalozozaniwa kati ya Sudan na Sudan Kusini, na kuuwa takriban watu 52, akiwemo mlinda amani wa Umoja wa Mataifa na kujeruhi wengine 64.
“Madhumuni ya shambulizi hilo la Jumamosi usiku hayajabainishwa, lakini inashukiwa ni kutokana na mzozo wa ardhi,” Bulis Koch, ambaye ni waziri wa habari wa jimbo la Abiye, ameambia shirika la habari la AP kwa njia ya simu.
Ghasia zilizopelekea mauaji zimekuwa zikitokea mara kwa mara kwenye eneo hilo, ambako watu wa kabila la Twic Dinka kutoka jimbo jirani la Warrap wamekuwa kwenye mvutano wa ardhi na kabila la Ngok Dinka la Abyei, kutokana na eneo la Aneet karibu na mpaka.
Waliofanya mashambulizi ya Jumamosi walikuwa vijana kutoka kabila la Nuer ambao walihama kutoka jimbo la Warrap mwaka jana kufuatia mafuriko, ameongeza waziri Koch. Kupitia taarifa, kikosi cha muda cha UN, cha kulinda usalama katika eneo la Abiye, UNISFA, kimekemea shambulizi hilo ambalo limesababisha kifo cha mfanyakazi wake.
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At least 52 killed in fresh communal clashes near South Sudan
At least 52 people, including a UN peacekeeper, were killed and 64 others wounded in the Abyei Administrative Area on Saturday during clashes between the armed youth of the Twic community of neighboring Warrap state and Ngok Dinka of Abyei, AP reported Sunday, citing officials.
The Abyei Administrative Area remains a contested area between South Sudan and its neighbor Sudan, which has been mired in conflict since April 15.
The motive for Saturday's attack was not immediately clear but it was suspected to revolve around a land dispute, Bulis Koch, Abyei information minister, told AP.
The two communities have been contesting for years the ownership of a strip of land in the Aneet border area, which separates the two communities.
Source: CGTB
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52 Killed in Clashes in Disputed African Region of Abyei, Regional Official Says
Gunmen attacked villagers in the oil-rich region of Abyei claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, leaving at least 52 people dead, including a U.N. peacekeeper, and 64 wounded, a regional official said Sunday.
The motive for the attack Saturday evening was not immediately clear but it was suspected to revolve around a land dispute, Bulis Koch, Abyei information minister, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Abyei.
Deadly ethnic violence has been common in the region, where Twic Dinka tribal members from neighboring Warrap State are locked in a land dispute with Ngok Dinka from Abyei over the Aneet area, located at the border.
The attackers in Saturday's violence were armed youth from the Nuer tribe who migrated to Warrap state last year because of flooding in their areas, Koch said.
In a statement, the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei, UNISFA, condemned the violence that killed the peacekeeper.
UNIFSA confirmed intercommunal clashes took place in the Nyinkuac, Majbong and Khadian areas leading to casualties and the evacuation of civilians to UNISFA bases.
"The UNISFA base in Agok came under attack by an armed group. The mission repelled the attack, but tragically a Ghanaian peacekeeper was killed," the statement said.
Sudan and South Sudan have disagreed over control of the Abyei region since a 2005 peace deal ended decades of civil war between Sudan's north and south. Both Sudan and South Sudan claim ownership of Abyei, whose status was unresolved after South Sudan became independent from Sudan in 2011.
The region's majority Ngok Dinka people favor South Sudan, while the Misseriya nomads who come to Abyei to find pasture for their cattle favor Sudan. Currently, the region is under the control of South Sudan.
An African Union panel proposed a referendum for Abyei but there was disagreement over who could vote. Currently, the region is under the control of South Sudan.
Inter-communal and cross-border clashes have escalated since South Sudan deployed its troops to Abyei in March.
Source: VOA
