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Security Council condemns Abyei killing of tribal chief, UN peacekeeper

06 May 2013 – The Security Council has strongly condemned the attack on a United Nations convoy in Abyei, during which a top tribal chief and a peacekeeper from the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) were killed amid growing ethnic tensions.

Ban 'strongly condemns' killings of top tribal chief, UN peacekeeper in Abyei

05 May 2013 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for calm in Abyei, an area contested by Sudan and South Sudan, following the killing of a top tribal chief and a UN peacekeeper from the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), as tensions in the area reportedly remain high today.

Ban welcomes discussions in Juba between Presidents of Sudan and South Sudan

12 April 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said he was 'encouraged' by the positive dialogue between South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir who is on his first visit to Juba since South Sudan seceded in 2011.