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numerous deaths and civilian displacement. These clashes were considered by analysts to represent a serious threat to the peace process and trigger a resumption of civil war. The Messiria were not believed to be directly controlled by Khartoum, however analysts pointed out that local disputes over resources are readily manipulated by outside forces.
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allowed those in Sudan and around the world to see the parties put forward their arguments. Following the hearing the arbitral tribunal then began its deliberations and, less than ninety days later, on 22 July 2009 rendered its final binding decision as to the validity of the boundaries for Abyei and the ABC had drawn.
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accumulations. Oil exploration was undertaken in Sudan in the 1970s and 1980s. A period of significant investment in Sudan’s oil industry occurred in the 1990s and Abyei became a target for this investment. By 2003 Abyei contributed more than one quarter of Sudan’s total crude oil output. Production
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On 21 May 2011 it was reported that the Armed Forces of Sudan had seized control of Abyei with a force of approximately 5,000 soldiers after three days of clashes with the South. The precipitating factor was an ambush by the South killing 22 northern soldiers. The northern advance included shelling,
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Following extensive written pleadings, in April 2009 the parties presented their closing submissions to the arbitration tribunal over six days at an oral hearing at the Peace Palace, The Hague. In a groundbreaking initiative, the parties agreed to broadcast the oral hearing over the internet, which
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Ngok and Messiria tribe maintained a peaceful coexistence during the civil war, the division of Sudan has created mistrust between the two people. In the second week of January 2011, when a referendum was held regarding South Sudanese independence, a simultaneous referendum to determine the fate of
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Messiria leaders had objected to demarcation provisions of the CPA which they claim have a negative impact upon Messiria access to grazing lands. These grievances fed into armed clashes in December 2007, which killed at least 75 people, and further violence in February and March 2008, resulting in
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The award ordered the redrawing of the northern, eastern and western boundaries, thus decreasing the size of Abyei. The size of Abyei is crucial to the political dispute, as its residents will be able to vote in a referendum on whether to become part of northern or southern Sudan. The redrawn
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Following the violence of February and March, the Sudanese government deployed a contingent of 200 or more soldiers to Abyei town on 31 March 2008. Armed clashes between these troops and the SPLA occurred during May 2008 resulting in dozens of deaths and the displacement of an estimated 25,000
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later that month pushed all other issues off the national agenda, but the SPLA maintains that the terms of the Abyei protocol must be held to. Government resistance to an agreement is largely based on an attempt to hold on to the oil reserves and oil pipelines in the area.
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that ended the war included a clause that provided for a referendum allowing Abyei to choose to remain in the north or join the autonomous South. This referendum was never held and continued attacks against Ngok Dinka led to the creation of Ngok Dinka unit in the small
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As of May 2011, the prospective referendum on Abyei's future status has been postponed indefinitely. The northern leader, then President al-Bashir, dismissed the southern chief administrator of Abyei and appointed a northerner, Ahmed Hussein Al-Imam.
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and Wendy Miles as counsel. The Government of Sudan appointed Ambassador Dirdeiry Mohamed Ahmed as Agent, and were represented by Professor James Crawford QC, S.C., Dr Nabil Elaraby, Professor Alain Pellet, Rodman Bundy and Loretta Malintoppi.
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stated, "What happens in Abyei is likely to determine whether Sudan consolidates the peace or returns to war". Armed violence erupted in the Abyei region during late 2007 and throughout 2008. Clashes occurred both between the SPLA and
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The ABC presented their report to the president on 14 July 2005, whereupon it was immediately rejected by the government, who accused the experts of using sources after 1905 in their determination of the boundaries. The death of
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were located in the region of Abyei prior to the seventeenth century, before being displaced by new migrants. From at least the eighteenth century Abyei was inhabited by the agro-pastoralist Ngok Dinka, a sub-group of the
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in 1905". In 2005, a multinational border commission established this to be those portions of Kordofan south of 10°22′30″ N. However, following continued disputes that erupted into violence and threatened the CPA, an
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aerial bombardment and numerous tanks. Initial reports indicate that over 20,000 people have fled. The South Sudanese government has declared this as an "act of war", and the U.N. has sent an envoy to
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formally declared its independence. Both countries continue to claim Abyei, but the presence of the Ethiopians is intended to prevent the military of either from attempting to wrest control of it.
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According to an annex to the protocol adopted in December 2004, the Abyei Borders Commission was to be composed of 15 persons: five appointed by the government, five by the SPLA and three by the
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process redrew Abyei's boundaries in 2009 to make it significantly smaller, extending no further north than 10°10′00" N. This revised border has now been endorsed by all parties to the dispute.
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The administrative name was changed to "Abyei Special Administrative Area" in July 2015 with the administration stating that it won't share the region again with Sudan.
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As of December 2010, the PCA border has not been demarcated and there is still no agreement on who constitutes a "resident of Abyei" for the purposes of voting in the
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composed of the Chief Administrator, Deputy Chief Administrator, an armed forces commander, the local police chief, and a representative of the "security organ".
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Under the terms of the Abyei Protocol, the residents of the Abyei Area have been declared, on an interim basis, to be simultaneously citizens of the states of
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put Abyei into a special administrative status government directly by the presidency. The precise borders of the area were to be determined by an
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The SPLM/A appointed Dr. Riek Machar Teny, Deputy Chairman of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement and Minister Luka Biong Deng, as Agents, and
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upon the outbreak of hostilities. Partially as a result of their early entry into the war, many Ngok Dinka rose to leadership positions in the
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Arbitration Agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army on Delimiting Abyei Area, 7 July 2008,
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that has been accorded "special administrative status" by the 2004 Protocol on the Resolution of the Abyei Conflict (Abyei Protocol) in the
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via Khartoum. The pipeline is vital to Sudan’s oil exports which have boomed since the pipeline commenced operation in 1999.
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volumes have since declined and reports suggest that Abyei’s reserves are nearing depletion. An important oil pipeline, the
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In contrast to the borders of the former district, the Abyei Protocol defined the Abyei Area as "the area of the nine Ngok
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circulated a draft agreement, which the U.S. convinced the government to sign despite its inclusion of a referendum. The
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The peacekeepers began arriving in Abyei on 15 July 2011 after traveling overland from Ethiopia, just under a week after
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In October 2007, rising tensions between the SPLA and government resulted in the SPLA temporarily withdrawing from the
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civilians. Much of Abyei town was razed; publicist Roger Winter stated that "the town of Abyei has ceased to exist".
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The Ngok Dinka unit of Anyanya II formed one of the foundations of the rebel movement at the beginning of the
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Douglas Johnson, 2008, "Why Abyei Matters, The Breaking Point of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement?” in
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This article is about the area established by the Abyei (Bir Tawil) Protocol. For the former district, see
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Abyei was meant to be held. This referendum was postponed due to the disagreement over voter eligibility.
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The arbitration was presided over by an arbitral tribunal composed of five international lawyers –
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in 1975. The discovery of oil in the area, among other north–south border regions, led President
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to try the first of many initiatives to redistrict oil rich areas into northern administration.
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The deadlock was finally broken by pressure from the United States. U.S. presidential envoy
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The Government of Sudan v. The People's Liberation Movement/Army (Abyei Arbitration)
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Following the clashes in Abyei during May 2008, in June 2008 the Sudanese President,
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The status of Abyei was one of the most contentious issues in the negotiation of the
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The broadcasts of the Abyei Arbitration hearing are available on the PCA’s website:
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borders give control of the richest oil fields in the Abyei region, such as the
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http://www.pca-cpa.org/upload/files/Abyei%20Arbitration%20Agreement.pdf
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to intervene. South Sudan says it has withdrawn its forces from Abyei.
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The two peoples began to take separate paths with the onset of the
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The Abyei Area Administration is made up of the following bodies:
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made up of two members representing each party to the agreement.
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over several deadlocked issues, notably Abyei. At the time, the
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enough: the project to end genocide and crimes against humanity
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enough: the project to end genocide and crimes against humanity
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enough: the project to end genocide and crimes against humanity
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Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Hague "On Delimiting Abyei"
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Arbitration by a panel under the Permanent Court of Arbitration
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Arab people, who spend most of the year around their base at
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A deal on demilitarization was reached on 20 June 2011. The
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by Dorina Bekoe, Kelly Campbell and Nicholas Howenstein,
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elder in Abyei speaks to the PCA decision, November 2009
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fighters and between the SPLA and government troops.
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Protests were held in at least two Southern states,
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Abyei Protocol in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
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Index

Abyei District
Abyei (town)
Area with special administrative status
Flag of Abyei Area
Official seal of Abyei Area
Location
Countries
South Sudan
Sudan
Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Abyei Town
Time zone
UTC+02:00
CAT
https://abyei.gov.ss/
Arabic
South Sudan
Sudan
Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Second Sudanese Civil War
Abyei Town
Republic of South Sudan
Republic of Sudan
condominium
Dinka
Kordofan
international arbitration
Politics of Sudan

Arab League

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