Sudan Research, Analysis, and Advocacy

by Eric Reeves

Abyei smoldering, May 2011

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Abyei smoldering, May 2011—no international response of consequenceA picture taken on April 14, 2012 shows burned houses in Bentiu after a bomb fell beside a car market. A Sudanese plane bombed Bentiu, capital of South Sudan's oil-rich border state of Unity, on April 14, killing five civilians and wounding six, a local government spokesman said. Gideon Gatfan, spokesman of the Unity state government, said one bomb fell beside a car market near a bridge which was the target of the raid. AFP PHOTO / ADRIANE O'HANESIAN (Photo credit should read ADRIANE OHANESIAN/AFP/Getty Images)