SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudan, South Sudan agree on joint security plan in Abyei

26/1/2020: Sudan Tribune - Sudan, South Sudan agree on joint security plan in Abyei

Sudan Tribune reports that Sudan and South Sudan agreed on how to deal with the security issues in the disputed border  area of Abyei, said the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) spokesman Amer Mohammed al-Hassan.

Over thirty were killed as a result of a revenge attack by Misseriya tribesmen on 22 January. 

Al-Hassan dismissed social media rumours that the South Sudanese army mounted attacks to control Abyei, but said that the defence ministers of the Sudans met in Juba and agreed on a plan to solve the problem. Al-Hassan did not elaborate on the agreement.