Abyei
| town, territorial dispute
Sudan /
Samal Bahhr-al-Gazal /
Gogrial /
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/ Sudan
/ Samal Bahhr-al-Gazal
/ Gogrial
World / Sudan / Kordofan / West Kurdufan / Abyei
town, territorial dispute
Abyei is where the fertile floodplain of South Sudan meets the petering desert of the north, and is a case in point for all that has gone wrong with Africa's largest nation since its inception. Traditionally this land was shared in peace, permanently inhabited by the Ngok Dinka — ethnically southerners — and seasonally home to the Arab Misseriya nomads, who migrate to the area during the dry months. But years of war have left this symbolic bridge burned beyond repair, and the Ngok Dinka want to make the separation official.
South Sudan plans to secede in a referendum in 2011, exercising a right granted under a 2005 peace deal to form its own country. Abyei was promised its own referendum to decide which side to join. But the Arab Misseriya leaders have vowed to block any referendum unless they too are allowed to vote — they worry that the split will result in their losing grazing land despite assurances from the south that traditional rights will be respected. To make their point, Misseriya militias are menacingly amassing north of Abyei town.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyei_(town)
Read more: www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2031266,00.html#...
South Sudan plans to secede in a referendum in 2011, exercising a right granted under a 2005 peace deal to form its own country. Abyei was promised its own referendum to decide which side to join. But the Arab Misseriya leaders have vowed to block any referendum unless they too are allowed to vote — they worry that the split will result in their losing grazing land despite assurances from the south that traditional rights will be respected. To make their point, Misseriya militias are menacingly amassing north of Abyei town.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyei_(town)
Read more: www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2031266,00.html#...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyei_(town)
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Coordinates: 9°35'42"N 28°27'19"E
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