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Boundary Demarcation – 2011

The dispute continued over border demarcation as well as over who was eligible to vote in the Abyei referendum. As a result, a referendum planned in Abyei on its future status was never held.¹ As a matter of fact, Sudan invaded and occupied Abyei in May 2011.²Jeffrey Gettleman and Josh Kron, “Warnings of All-Out War in Fight Over Sudan Town,” New York Times, May 22, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/world/africa/23sudan.html?pagewanted=a… Sudan and South Sudan had agreed to pull their troops out of the disputed territory by the end of September 2011. The UN peacekeepers were deployed in the region to maintain peace as the disputed territory became a flashpoint between the north and the south.

1. “Sudan, South Sudan to pull out troops from Abyei – UN,” BBC News Africa, September 9, 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14849100.