NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–11 January 2011 – United Nations peacekeepers intensified their patrols in the border area between North and South Sudan after reports of deadly clashes as the week-long independence referendum in the South entered its third day today.
The area, particularly the oil-rich Abyei region, has been cited as a potential hotspot for renewed conflict as the 2005 peace agreement that ended 20 years of war between North and South Sudan reaches its culminating phase…






