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Residents of contested region Abyei chose overwhelmingly to join South Sudan in an unofficial referendum, election officials said on Thursday, amid warnings the poll could inflame tensions in the volatile region.
Only one of the two ethnic groups living in the area voted in the poll, which is not recognised by either Khartoum or Juba and which the African Union has warned is a "threat to peace".
The fate of Abyei is one of the most important and sensitive issues left unresolved since South Sudan became an independent state in 2011, ending two decades of civil war in Sudan.
Source: news24
see more at http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/99-of-Abyeis-Dinka-vote-to-join-S-Sudan-20131031-3
Only one of the two ethnic groups living in the area voted in the poll, which is not recognised by either Khartoum or Juba and which the African Union has warned is a "threat to peace".
The fate of Abyei is one of the most important and sensitive issues left unresolved since South Sudan became an independent state in 2011, ending two decades of civil war in Sudan.
Source: news24
see more at http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/99-of-Abyeis-Dinka-vote-to-join-S-Sudan-20131031-3