Dozens of civilians have been killed in the town of Abyei, 800km southwest of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, in several days of clashes.

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — The United Nations said Thursday it had evacuated 250 civilian staff from the town of Abyei following three days of clashes in the

KHARTOUM (AFP) — The UN said on Thursday it had airlifted more than 250 civilian staff from Sudan's flashpoint town of Abyei, where thousands of Sudanese

The UN has withdrawn non-essential staff from Sudan's town of Abyei after a day of clashes between government forces and former southern rebels.

While international attention remains riveted on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the western Darfur region - it has been less than two weeks since an

The UN has evacuated its non-essential staff from Sudanese town of Abyei after fighting broke out between government troops and ex-rebels.

South Sudanese former rebels fought northern government forces in the disputed oil-rich Abyei region, killing up to four people and sending hundreds fleeing

16 May 2008 – The top United Nations official in Sudan today welcomed the agreement to end the deadly fighting between Government forces and the former

May 15, 2008 (ABYEI) — Thousands of civilians fled clashes between northern and southern Sudanese armies in the oil-rich central town of Abyei on Thursday.

A local official was reported as saying thousands of civilians fled clashes between Sudan's former north-south civil war foes in the oil-rich central town