Sudan/South Sudan: Abyei Solution Elusive as UN Extends Peacekeepers' Mandate

Nov 17, 2016 | Jill Craig, Voice of America
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The U.N. Security Council voted this week to extend the mandate of the peacekeeping force in the disputed oil-rich Abyei area between South Sudan and Sudan, a region long beset by conflict. It also urged the two countries to resume talks on resolving the area’s status.