Carnage in Abyei
Kolom, Agok, Juba, Khartoum, PR, MP 22 Jan. 2020
At least 29 people including children were massacred in Abyei Area on Wednesday morning.
The armed men who were believed to have come from Misseriya according to the sources attacked Kolom area of Alal County. Many people including children were savagely killed and their houses were burnt down.
The head of Abyei Administrative Area, Kuol Alor Kuol described the incident as horrific, calling on the United Nations’ Interim Security Forces ‘UNISFA’ to review their mandate in the area.
Sources said Misseriya leaders were nowhere to contest this development on the ground.
Abyei is a contested area between Ngok Dinka and Misseriya Arab beyond the independence of South Sudan.
The United Nations’ Security Council established UNISFA to observe peace, patrol the disputed zone and protect innocent civilian of both ethnic backgrounds from malicious attacks.
Last year, UNSC extended UNISFA mandate which will end on 15 May 2020.
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