LAND FULL of VIOLENCE:Dozens killed as Sudan nomads clash with ex-rebels

KHARTOUM-Former southern Sudanese rebels said on Sunday they had killed nearly 70 armed tribesman in an upsurge of fighting in a volatile north-south border area which they said risked reigniting a north-south civil war. Edward Lino, a senior official with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) which rules the semi-autonomous south, accused the northern ruling party of backing the Misseriya tribesmen.He said similar attacks in the future by the tribe could reignite a civil war which ended with a 2005 peace deal."If the skirmishes continue it is going to spread and it is going to be a very dangerous thing,"he told reporters in Khartoum. Asked if this could take the north and south back to war, he said:"Possible...we don't want war."
Tensions have worsened in the border region over the failure of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in the north and the SPLM to reach a deal on the demarcation of the borders of Abyei, the source of much of Sudan's energy reserves.In December, dozens were killed in clashes between the cattle-herding Misseriya and the former rebels.Abyei's status was left unresolved in the peace agreement ending the 21-year war which killed 2 million people.Hassan Mohamed Sabahi, a Misseriya leader, told Reuters 37 tribesmen were killed during Saturday's clashes while around 62 were wounded. He said his tribe started the fighting in retaliation for an attack last week by the SPLM armed wing.
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