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Thirty seven more killed over land feud in Africa’s region of Abyei

Updated on: 06 February,2024 06:54 AM IST  |  Juba
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The bloodshed came a week after 52 people died in a land dispute in the same region

Thirty seven more killed over land feud in Africa’s region of Abyei

The region is claimed by both South Sudan and Sudan. Pic/X

Thirty-seven people were killed over the weekend in fighting apparently tied to a land feud in the disputed oil-rich region of Abyei, an official said Sunday. The bloodshed came a week after 52 people died in a land dispute in the same region.


Information Minister Bolis Koch in Abyei, which is claimed by South Sudan and Sudan, said the fighting erupted in Rum-Ameer, Alal and Mijak counties with an attack by armed youth from South Sudan’s Warrap state who were backed by fighters loyal to spiritual leader Gai Machiek from the country’s Unity state.


Koch said the fighting left 19 people dead and 18 injured Saturday and claimed the lives of 18 more people Sunday, including four women and three children. He said 1,000 cattle also were stolen. Ethnic violence has been common in the region.


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