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 ...

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.

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JUBA, Sudan (AP) - Armed men burned and looted the flashpoint town of Abyei on Monday, the U.N. mission said, while Southern Sudan's military said the northern army is moving ...

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.

Aid agencies are distributing existing relief supplies but further aid delivery is being hampered by the insecurity in the region. Before the recent unrest, Abyei was a key town on the main route for ...

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.” ...

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.

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

It said that by Sunday morning nearly the entire population of Abyei had fled and the town was almost empty.The escalation in violence comes less than two months before South Sudan, which is ...