Hague Court to Rule on Sudan's Oil-Rich Abyei - Reuters

Date: 
Jul 22, 2009
Author: 
Aaron Gray-Block

THE HAGUE, July 22 (Reuters) - An international court rules on Wednesday on the legality of the boundaries of the disputed oil-rich Abyei area claimed by both north and south Sudan.

The borders of Abyei were outlined by an international panel after a 2005 peace agreement that ended more than 20 years of civil war between north and south Sudan that killed two million.

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