Armed looters set fire to parts of Sudan's disputed Abyei border town on Monday, the United Nations said, days after north Sudanese troops seized it, pushing the north and south closer to conflict.

Abyei residents have fled their homes in fear of violence after Sudan seized the large border town. Rebecca Hamilton of The New Republic warns that a civil war may be imminent for the country ...

Remote Abyei town is a sprawl of mud huts with conical thatched roofs called tukels. There is no electricity, water or sewer service. On the outskirts of town sits a small village called Kalom.

Remote Abyei town is a sprawl of mud huts with conical thatched roofs called tukels. There is no electricity, water or sewer service. On the outskirts of town sits a small village called Kalom.

KHARTOUM: More than 15,000 people have fled Sudans Abyei region to the South after the Northern army seized the disputed area and parts of the main town were burned and looted, U.N. officials said ...

Actor and Sudan activist George Clooney, who visited the town on Saturday, assesses the situation more bluntly, telling TIME that if Abyei is not resolved, “then this whole thing falls apart.” ...

GENEVA, May 31 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has voiced concerns that the number of displaced people could rise in Sudan's disputed Abyei region following the recent outbreak of fighting. The ...

The U.N. mission in Sudan said gunmen were burning and looting in Abyei town on Monday and called on the Sudanese Armed Forces to intervene to "stop these criminal acts." In photos provided by the ...

Khartoum moved tanks into Abyei&$ {esc.hash}39;s main town and has since defied calls from the United States, United Nations and south Sudan&$ {esc.hash}39;s President Salva Kiir to withdraw ...

Most of those fleeing Abyei were from the Dinka Ngok, a southern ethnic group who are the permanent residents of the region. After this week’s UN Security Council trip to Sudan, US ambassador to ...

He said the U.N. was conducting "more robust and aggressive patrolling" of the region's main town, also called Abyei, with the support of armored personnel carriers and aerial patrols.