African Union (AU) on Thursday called on Sudan and South Sudan leaders held an emergency meeting to find a solution to the flash point of the Abyei area tribal leaders and the Ethiopian peacekeepers killed.
On Saturday, were killed, Chief Kuwal, Deng Mayok Southern Sudan Dinka tribe the Allied 阿卜耶伊米 Sai Liya family members claimed that Khartoum and Juba. Ethiopian peacekeepers and 15 Misseriya, who allied Sudan, also died, according to the United Nations and the Misseriya.
In March, the African Union, Sudan and South Sudan between the dealmakers, the resumption of cross-border flow of oil and defuse the tension has been plagued by them, because Southern detachment, independent vote in 2011.
However, several recent meeting, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and South Sudan Salva Kiir has been unable to reach agreement, the ownership of Abyei, the Dinka and the Arab Meize Li Asian call their home.
The production of a new impetus to the African Union urged the two heads of state ... Meet Now ", according to a statement issued in Addis Ababa." This serious incident took place in Abyei supply to emphasize the current situation in Abyei is untenable. "
Abyei area across two Sudanese, he moved to the boundary between one of Africa's longest civil war. The province's fertile land and small oil reserves are precious.
Abyei, Southern Sudan is to have a separate vote, agreed to under the 2005 peace agreement to end the civil war between the north and the south. However, Sudan and South Sudan have not been able to reach an agreement, tribal members should be involved.
Ethiopian peacekeeping forces have been Abyei Sudan seized in May 2011, after the UN peacekeepers and Sudanese soldiers blamed by the United Nations the southern forces team attacks. Khartoum to withdraw its forces under the United Nations peace plan.
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