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Unknown people have attacked a convoy of northern Sudanese soldiers and UN peacekeepers in Sudan’s Abyei flashpoint region, wounding two, the United Nations said.<\/p>\n

A convoy of northern Sudanese soldiers escorted by UN peacekeepers came under fire on their way to Goli, north of Abyei town, late on Thursday, said a spokesman for the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) on Friday, adding that the attackers were unknown.<\/p>\n

The Sudanese army said it reserved the right to respond to this “aggression”, according to a brief alert carried by state news agency SUNA. It gave no more details.<\/p>\n

The south overwhelmingly voted to declare independence from the mostly Muslim north in a referendum in January but tensions have built up in Abyei, an oil-producing border region claimed by both sides.<\/p>\n

Deal violations<\/strong><\/p>\n

The peacekeepers had escorted two companies of the Sudanese army as part of an agreement between north and south to withdraw all unauthorised forces from both sides beyond a joint force, the UNMIS spokesman said.<\/p>\n

Under earlier agreements, only special joint north-south police and army units are supposed to patrol Abyei. But both sides have built up separate troops and heavy weapons, according to satellite images and the United Nations.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, at least 14 people were killed in clashes between northern and southern forces in Abyei. Both sides blamed each other for starting the violence.<\/p>\n

Last month, Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said he would not recognise south Sudan as an independent state unless it gave up a claim on Abyei, made in the south’s draft constitution.<\/p>\n

Sudan’s north and south have fought for all but a few years since 1955 over oil, ethnicity, religion and ideology. The conflict, which ended with a 2005 peace deal, killed an estimated 2 million people and destabilised much of east Africa.<\/p>\n

Abyei residents were also supposed to have a referendum in January over whether to join the north or south. But disputes over who could vote derailed that ballot and talks over the status of the region have stalled.<\/p>\n

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