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Abyei Dispute Lingers On

April 2008 | Ratings Update

Former southern rebel group Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) ignited tensions in the oil-rich Abyei state in April by unilaterally appointing a governor for the region. AThis bodes ill for the country's ongoing peace process.

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