Overview

• 32 people, including a U.N. peacekeeper, were killed in an attack in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan.
• South Sudan deployed its troops to the contested territory in March, escalating inter-communal and cross-border clashes.
• The U.N. Interim Security Force for Abyei was sent to help quell the growing conflict, with its mandate recently renewed until Nov. 15, 2024.
• The U.N. special envoy for the Horn of Africa warned that the 7-month war between Sudan’s army and a rival paramilitary force is getting closer to South Sudan and the Abyei region.
• Sudan and South Sudan have been in disagreement over the oil-rich Abyei region since South Sudan gained independence from Sudan after a 2005 peace deal.