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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Deng Machol

Drone strike on a market in disputed African region of Abyei kills at least 153

South Sudan US Deportatee - (Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A drone strike on a market in Abyei, a border region disputed by Sudan and South Sudan, hit a nearby fuel depot, killing at least 153 people and igniting a fire that was still burning Tuesday, a local official said.

Yohanna Akol Ngor, the Abyei administration’s caretaker information minister, blamed Sudan ’s military for Monday's attack on Amiet Market, north of Abyei town.

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