{"id":16518,"date":"2022-05-11T12:26:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T12:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/calm-returns-in-conflict-affected-areas-in-twic-and-abyei"},"modified":"2022-05-11T13:04:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T13:04:40","slug":"calm-returns-in-conflict-affected-areas-in-twic-and-abyei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/calm-returns-in-conflict-affected-areas-in-twic-and-abyei","title":{"rendered":"Calm returns in conflict-affected areas in Twic and Abyei"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Calm has returned in conflict-affected areas of Twic and Abyei following renewed clashes over the weekend, authorities in Abyei have said.<\/p>\n<p>The area spokesperson Ajak Deng Miyan says the Wau-Abyei roads are closed as tension remains high in the area.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, fighting reportedly took place in the area of Malual-Aleu, leaving scores injured.<\/p>\n<p>Ajak Deng told Eye Radio that the insecurity forced travelers heading to the Administrative area from Wau to turn back.<\/p>\n<p>Deng is calling on the fact-finding committee on Twic-Ngok to speed up its work.\u201cThe road from Wau to Tonj is affected because these people stopped the vehicles and they don\u2019t allow vehicles to come to this site, this is the development that we have now,\u201d Ajak told Eye Radio on Tuesday from Abyei.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVehicles are returning because of fear that there are suspects from Abyei that can be targeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation is calm but tense, there is no development since yesterday [Monday] we had that incident of that fight in Malual Aleu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUp to now, there is no development but just that these people are coming and these people are coming. The details on that side I don\u2019t know, but on our side, we have two people wounded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Early this month, two people went missing along Abyei \u2013 Mayen-Abun road after they fell into an ambush by unknown armed men.<\/p>\n<p>The unnamed men were travelling on a motorcycle from Abyei to Aweil when they got kidnapped by unidentified armed men.<\/p>\n<p>The fate until today remains unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the Secretary of the Aneet Inter\u2013Communal Clashes Investigation Committee condemned the attack on civilians along Abyei \u2013 Warrap road.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Dhieu Mathok says this is a violation of the cessation of hostilities agreement the communities signed in Aweil early last month.\u201cThe committee strongly condemns the resumption of clashes and reminds the parties of their obligations stipulated in the cession of the hostilities agreement signed in Aweil, Northern Bahr El-Ghazal on 4TH April 2022,\u201d Dhieu Mathok told Eye Radio on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSections 7 and 10 of CoHA prevent any activity regarding border claims until the national government addresses the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The violence occurred between 10 and 13 February this year, involving the people of Ngok of the Abyei Administrative Area and Twic of Warrap state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. Calm has returned in conflict-affected areas of Twic and Abyei following renewed clashes over the weekend, authorities in Abyei have said. The area spokesperson Ajak Deng Miyan says the Wau-Abyei roads are closed as tension remains high in the area. On Sunday, fighting reportedly took place in the area of Malual-Aleu, leaving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":16517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-16518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Calm returns in conflict-affected areas in Twic and Abyei - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Calm has returned in conflict-affected areas of Twic and Abyei following renewed clashes over the weekend, authorities i ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/calm-returns-in-conflict-affected-areas-in-twic-and-abyei\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Calm returns in conflict-affected areas in Twic and Abyei\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Calm has returned in conflict-affected areas of Twic and Abyei following renewed clashes over the weekend, authorities i ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/calm-returns-in-conflict-affected-areas-in-twic-and-abyei\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-11T12:26:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-11T13:04:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_49.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"316\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/calm-returns-in-conflict-affected-areas-in-twic-and-abyei#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/calm-returns-in-conflict-affected-areas-in-twic-and-abyei\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Calm returns in conflict-affected areas in Twic and Abyei\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-11T12:26:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-11T13:04:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/calm-returns-in-conflict-affected-areas-in-twic-and-abyei\"},\"wordCount\":394,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/calm-returns-in-conflict-affected-areas-in-twic-and-abyei#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_49.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Sudan\",\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/calm-returns-in-conflict-affected-areas-in-twic-and-abyei#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/calm-returns-in-conflict-affected-areas-in-twic-and-abyei\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/calm-returns-in-conflict-affected-areas-in-twic-and-abyei\",\"name\":\"Calm returns in conflict-affected areas in Twic and Abyei - 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