The political and administrative status of oil-rich Abyei is one of the most contentious outstanding issues in the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the 2005 agreement ...

First Vice President Riek Machar has officially received the referendum report from a team from Abyei Area Administration.

The political fate of Abyei seemed to have been decided by the ruling National Congress party NCP. It should go to South Kordofan State. Two Arabic dailies published yesterday in Khartoum carried ...

The Abyei Administrative Assembly officially endorsed the referendum results on December 27, 2024. Abyei, an oil-rich region that straddling South Sudan and Sudan, was part of the unfinished business ...

The humanitarian crisis in Sudan has heightened tensions in Abyei, a region rich in oil resources that both nations covet. Abyei has long been a contentious area since South Sudan 's independence ...

Since the secession of South Sudan from Sudan in 2011, both countries claim the border area of Abyei. The oil-rich region is inhabited primarily by members of the South Sudanese Dinka Ngok clan.