(June 01, 2011, BBC)- Ethiopia has offered to send peacekeepers to Sudan's disputed border region of Abyei after its recent seizure by northern troops.
Analysts have feared the Abyei dispute could reignite the civil war between the north and South Sudan, which is due to become independent in July.
Officials say the south has accepted the offer; the north is considering it.
It comes after both sides agreed to set up a demilitarised zone along their border to be jointly patrolled.
Sudan expert Alex De Waal, who is has been working on the African Union-mediated deal, told the BBC negotiations about how it would work were ongoing.
Some 1.5 million people died in the 22-year north-south civil war which ended in 2005. Read more »
Soruce: BBC
Analysts have feared the Abyei dispute could reignite the civil war between the north and South Sudan, which is due to become independent in July.
Officials say the south has accepted the offer; the north is considering it.
It comes after both sides agreed to set up a demilitarised zone along their border to be jointly patrolled.
Sudan expert Alex De Waal, who is has been working on the African Union-mediated deal, told the BBC negotiations about how it would work were ongoing.
Some 1.5 million people died in the 22-year north-south civil war which ended in 2005. Read more »
Soruce: BBC
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