A dozen people were killed in Sudan in fighting between rival tribes in the region of Abyei, claimed by the North and South. This is the deadliest violence since the southern Sudanese have voted almost unanimously for independence in January. Abyei has been a zone of confrontation during the long civil war that pitted North against South Sudan until the peace agreement of 2005.
The agreement provided for two referendums. The first was the secession of the South, now scheduled for July 9, the second was to determine whether residents of Abyei rallied in North or South. The poll of Abyei has been held because of various feuds, one of which was between the Ngok Dinka of Abyei Misseriya nomads, committed to the North, on the composition of the electorate.
The authorities of North and South have agreed to develop a political settlement, and the two tribes have entered into an agreement in late January. The administrator of the region, Deng Arop Kuol, an ethnic Dinka Ngok, accused of the attack Misseriya camp Todach early Sunday. They were supported by a government militia, "he said.
An official accuses Misseriya unlike the army of South Sudan have opened hostilities by attacking a camp of nomads in the northern region. Of UN peacekeepers who were on the scene confirmed that the attackers, believed to be Misseriya had opened fire twice on Monday at a police station, killing seven people.
The fighting continued on Monday, witnesses said. The two regular armies and the National Congress Party, in power in the North have denied any involvement in the fighting. 
The agreement provided for two referendums. The first was the secession of the South, now scheduled for July 9, the second was to determine whether residents of Abyei rallied in North or South. The poll of Abyei has been held because of various feuds, one of which was between the Ngok Dinka of Abyei Misseriya nomads, committed to the North, on the composition of the electorate.
The authorities of North and South have agreed to develop a political settlement, and the two tribes have entered into an agreement in late January. The administrator of the region, Deng Arop Kuol, an ethnic Dinka Ngok, accused of the attack Misseriya camp Todach early Sunday. They were supported by a government militia, "he said.
An official accuses Misseriya unlike the army of South Sudan have opened hostilities by attacking a camp of nomads in the northern region. Of UN peacekeepers who were on the scene confirmed that the attackers, believed to be Misseriya had opened fire twice on Monday at a police station, killing seven people.
The fighting continued on Monday, witnesses said. The two regular armies and the National Congress Party, in power in the North have denied any involvement in the fighting.
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