Abyei/South Sudan: Abyei Chiefs to Lobby Juba to Recognize Referendum

Jul 27, 2014 | Radio Tamazuj
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Chiefs and elders of the nine Ngok Dinka chiefdoms in the contested area of Abyei between Sudan and South Sudan intend to lobby the South Sudanese government to recognize the unilateral referendum conducted in October last year.

In a unilateral referendum held by the Ngok Dinka people in October last year on the status of Abyei showed that 99.9 percent of respondents were in favor of joining South Sudan.