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Intercommunal violence in Sudan's disputed Abyei region kills dozens, displaces thousands

A machinegun-mounted truck alleged to be manned by members of the Sudan Armed Forces drives past burning businesses and homesteads in Abyei, the centre of an oil-rich region disputed between South Sudan and Khartoum. © Reuters

Several dozen people have reportedly been killed following a spike of intercommunal violence in the disputed Abyei region on the Sudan - South Sudan border, according to the United Nations emergency response agency.

Fighting in the oil-rich Abyei region had left at least 36 dead, with an unknown number injured and reportedly displacing 50,000 people.

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