Six killed in ambush in disputed area between Sudan and South Sudan
Al JazeeraThe oil-rich region experiences frequent bouts of violence from rival factions of an ethnic group across both countries. Six people, including a senior local administrator, have been killed in an ambush by armed men in the Abyei region, claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, local officials said. The oil-rich region experiences frequent bouts of violence, where rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group – Twic Dinka from South Sudan’s neighbouring Warrap state, and Ngok Dinka from Abyei – are locked in a dispute over the location of an administrative boundary. “His driver and two bodyguards plus two people of national security were all killed,” Tereza Chol, a South Sudanese lawmaker, told Reuters news agency. South Sudan erupted into civil war shortly after independence, which pitted President Salva Kiir and his allies against his Vice President Riek Machar.
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