UN: 2 killed in border town between South Sudan and Sudan

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Last Updated : Nov 27 2015 | 9:57 PM IST
The UN says a 4-year-old girl and an Ethiopian peacekeeper were killed and three others wounded in an attack in the contested Abyei area between Sudan and South Sudan.
The UN Interim Security Force for Abyei, or UNISFA, said in a statement today that an unknown group of "anti-peace elements" fired rockets and small arms onto the town of Abyei, which sits along the presumed border between the South Sudan-aligned Ngok Dinka tribe in the south of Abyei and the Sudan-aligned Arab Misseriya in the north.
UNISFA said most of the shells landed in and around the home of the Ngok Dinka chief and that peacekeepers have been sent in to secure the area.
Ownership of oil-rich Abyei remains disputed following South Sudan's split from Sudan in 2011.
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First Published: Nov 27 2015 | 9:57 PM IST

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