Igad Condemns Abyei Referendum

Nov 7, 2013 | Daily Nation
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The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) condemned a recent unilateral referendum on the final status of Abyei region, which is currently controlled by Sudan but claimed by South Sudan.

In a statement issued yesterday by the Igad secretariat based in Djibouti, the regional body’s executive secretary Mahboub Maalim said the October referendum organised by Ngok Dinka community could raise anxiety and that the unilateral act was totally “unacceptable and irresponsible.”