Sudan/South Sudan: UN Gives Sudan and South Sudan 6 Months for Abyei Monitoring

May 15, 2017 | Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press
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The U.N. Security Council agreed unanimously late Monday that the stalemate between Sudan and South Sudan over the status of the oil-rich region of Abyei has gone on for too long and gave the countries a final six months to implement joint border monitoring. A U.N. peacekeeping mission has been in Abyei since June 2011 and the council also voted to reduce its military ceiling to 4,791 troops. It was 5,326 in October.