More than 50 people including women, children and two UN peacekeepers have been killed in attacks along South Sudan’s border with Sudan, officials have said, the deadliest in a spate of incidents since 2021 related to a boundary dispute. Abyei Administrative Area’s Information Minister Bulis Koch confirmed on Monday that 52 people were killed and 65 others wounded during clashes that began on Saturday with attacks by armed youth from neighbouring Warrap State of South Sudan.
