North Sudanese army forces took control of the main town of the disputed Abyei region on Saturday after fighting with southern forces, both sides said, in further violence ahead of southern secession.

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 ...

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In 2008, Abyei town was destroyed in north-south clashes, and the memory still burns. If Abyei reverts back to war, south Sudan’s birth will be a bloody one.

The number of people displaced from Sudan's disputed Abyei region after its seizure by northern troops has reached 150,000, a southern minister says. "The situation is terrible - they are running ...

Protection: Increasing Peacekeeping Presence The 14-day active deployment of U.N. peacekeeping forces within Abyei town and through the surrounding area is an opening that should be quickly exploited.

Sudan threatened to shoot a helicopter trying to evacuate UN peacekeepers wounded by a landmine in the disputed Abyei region, a top UN official says. Peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy said the UN ...

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 ...

Thousands of Abyei residents initially fled to the town of Agok, just over the border into south Sudan, said aid groups.

The patients admitted with cholera to Ameth Bek Hospital in Abyei Town confirm an active outbreak. The risk of spread to Abyei town is high, especially with the return of the rains, extremely poor ...

Khartoum controls key town in Abyei, both sides say Oil-rich and fertile region disputed by north and south Obama administration condemns Khartoum (Adds U.S. reaction, paragraphs 11-12) By Ulf ...