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Conflicting reports on results of Abyei negotiations in Addis
Negotiations on the Abyei crisis sponsored by the African Union in Addis Ababa last week ended without any agreement, although some media reports suggested the two presidents had found common ground on…
25.04.2024 | Juba
Looted items awaiting collection in Abyei, the main town of the disputed Abyei area on the border of Sudan and the future independent South Sudan.
Reuters quoted an anonymous diplomat saying that President Omar al-Bashir had agreed to withdraw the northern Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) from Abyei and approved the deployment of Ethiopian troops to the area.
But after Southern Sudanese President Kiir’s return to Juba from the Ethiopian capital earlier this week, the Minister in the Office of the President had told reporters that the two parties had not reached any agreement over the disputed region, whose official status hangs in the balance.
Barnaba Benjamin Marial, the southern government\'s Information Minister, discussed the situation in Abyei with Marvis Birungi:
