(Nov. 3, 2010) Abyei, Sudan – The failure to agree on who gets to vote in a Jan. 9 referendum on whether the key strategic Sudanese town of Abyei will remain part of northern Sudan or become part of what could be a newly independent south is leading pundits to cite Abyei as a possible trigger for a return to war. Read rest of the article as it appeared . . .
Interviewing Vice President Riek Machar while covering the South Sudan referendum for The Washington Post
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