Contested Abyei area appeals to UN for better security to deter attacks
Peacekeeper troops from Ethiopia and deployed in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) patrol outside Abyei town, in Abyei state, on December 14, 2016. Abyei authorities have asked the UN to scale up security measures to protect residents from attacks. PHOTO | AFP
The contested Abyei administrative area at the Sudan-South Sudan border has appealed to the United Nation Interim Security Forces for Abyei (UNISFA) to scale up security measures to protect residents from attacks.
On Tuesday, armed men killed at least seven people in Abyei market, including a UN peacekeeper and a six-month-old baby.
