South Sudan: Sudan's Misseriya to Hold Counter-Referendum in Abyei

29 October 2013

Khartoum — The Misseriya tribe announced Tuesday, the organisation of an unilateral referendum to determine the fate of the disputed area of Abyei in riposte to the process organised by the Ngok Dinka who prepare to announce the results of their vote.

People from the Misseriya tribe of Abyei protest against the proposal of African Union (AU) mediator former South African president Thabko Mbeki for a referendum to decide whether the region belonged to Sudan or South Sudan, outside the United Nations (U.N.) and AU headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan, November 28, 2012. (File photo/ Reuters)

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