🇸🇩🇸🇸 Clashes in disputed Sudan-South Sudan area kill 32

Sudanese authorities in the disputed area of Abyei say at least 32 people have been killed after gunmen stormed local villages.

The information minister for Abyei, Bolis Kuoch, said more than 20 others were wounded when men opened fire on Sunday morning.

He said UN peacekeepers intervened to stop the violence but one of the peacekeepers was killed.

There have been ongoing hostilities between communities in Abyei over land and resources.

The region, rich in oil reserves, lies on the border between Sudan and South Sudan and is considered to be part of both countries, since a peace agreement was signed in 2005.

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🇸🇸🇸🇩 South Sudan army accused of attacking civilians in Abyei

South Sudan’s People Defence Forces (SSPDF) has been accused of attacking civilians in the Sunday morning ambush that left 40 people dead in the disputed area of Abyei.

Sultaan Bulabek, the leader of the nine chiefdoms in Abyei, told that soldiers carried out co-ordinated attacks in several villages alongside armed youth from the Twic county of Warrap state.

He claimed that the attack was meant to push the Ngok community out of their homes.

Maj Gen Akuei Ajou, the commander of SSPDF's third division, denied the allegations, saying the purpose of the force was to protect people between Twic and Abyei.

He added that youth from Abyei were behind the attack on a military base that killed seven soldiers and civilians including children on 13 November.

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🇹🇩🇸🇩 Chad declares four Sudanese diplomats persona non grata

The Chad government on Sunday said it had declared four Sudanese diplomats persona non grata and ordered them to leave within 72 hours following what it called "grave statements" by Sudanese officials accusing it of interfering in the conflict in Sudan.

The diplomats are the first counsellor of the embassy, the defence attache and two consuls.

The decision came after "grave statements that lack any basis," made by top Sudanese officer, General Yassir al-Atta, and repeated by Sudan's foreign minister on local television, the statement, signed by Chad's government spokesman, said.

"The recurrence of such statements by Sudanese authorities with regards to Chad and its government is simply not acceptable, hostile, and masks a hidden agenda," the statement said.

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🇸🇩🇹🇩 Sudan orders three Chad diplomats to leave in "reciprocal" action

Sudan has ordered three diplomats from Chad to leave the country within 72 hours, saying the individuals were "persona non grata".

The move by Sudan follows Chad declaring four Sudanese diplomats at the Sudanese embassy in N'Djamena as unwelcome a day earlier, the agency added.

Chad said its decision was due to what it called "grave statements" by Sudanese officials accusing it of interfering in the conflict in Sudan.

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