South Sudan: Abyei Community Seeks Global Recognition of Referendum Result

Nov 25, 2014 | allAfrica
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Community leaders from the oil-contested region of Abyei say they are determined to push ahead with a campaign seeking regional and international recognition of the October 2013 referendum result.

Both the Sudanese and South Sudanese governments refused to recognise the ballot, in which Ngok Dinka residents voted overwhelmingly to join South Sudan.

Community leaders say the lack of official recognition remained an ongoing source of suffering for the people of Abyei.

"The consequences of the dispute over the status of the area are hurting so much, even when our people have made their choice known to the whole world," paramount chief Bulabek Deng Kuol told Sudan Tribune on Monday.