It was the deadliest incident in a spate of assaults since 2021 within the oil-rich Abyei border area.
Dozens are reported to have been killed in assaults in a disputed area between Sudan and South Sudan.
General, 52 folks, together with girls and kids, died within the Abyei area in the course of the weekend, native officers stated on Monday. Each Sudan and South Sudan declare the oil-rich area alongside their shared border.
Bulis Koch, the data minister for Abyei, reported that armed youth from South Sudan’s Warrap state carried out raids into neighbouring Abyei on Saturday.
It was the deadliest incident in a spate of assaults since 2021 associated to the boundary dispute. In addition to these killed, 64 folks had been wounded within the assault.
A Ghanaian peacekeeper from the United Nations Interim Safety Drive for Abyei (UNISFA) was killed when its base in Agok city was attacked amid the violence, the UN power stated on Sunday.
“Due to the present dire safety scenario at hand, which has created fears and panic, now we have imposed a curfew,” Koch stated.
Tensions have soared amid recent clashes in Abyei between rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group associated to the placement of an administrative boundary that may be a supply of serious tax revenues.
Koch stated Dinka youth from Warrap and the forces of a insurgent chief from the Nuer ethnic group carried out the assaults towards Dinkas and Nuers in Abyei.
Tons of of civilians at the moment are sheltering at a UNISFA base.
William Wol, Warrap state’s info minister, stated his authorities would coordinate a joint investigation with the Abyei administration to look into the lethal incident.
Between 2013 and 2018, civil conflict in South Sudan killed 1000’s as combating flared between Dinkas and Nuers.
Clashes between varied armed teams have continued to kill and displace massive numbers of civilians, particularly after South Sudan deployed troops to Abyei final March.
The Abyei area’s possession standing was left unresolved after South Sudan grew to become impartial from Sudan in 2011.
An African Union panel proposed a referendum for the oil-rich territory however there was disagreement over who might vote.