{"id":374180,"date":"2026-10-21T15:36:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T10:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=374180"},"modified":"2026-10-21T15:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T10:06:46","slug":"abyei-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/abyei-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Abyei Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> South Sudanese officials reported that Sudanese military drone strikes on a market in the disputed Abyei region killed over 150 people, amid escalating cross-border violence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Abyei Region<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.britannica.com\/19\/151219-050-6431D722\/region-Abyei-Sudan-South.jpg?resize=262%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Abyei Region\" width=\"262\" height=\"194\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Abyei region<\/strong> is a <strong>disputed territory located along the border between <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sudan\/\">Sudan<\/a> and South Sudan<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>It <strong>borders Sudan&#8217;s Kordofan region,<\/strong> which has become a major centre of \u200bfighting in the war.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Administered by: It is\u00a0<\/strong><strong>jointly administered by<\/strong>and Sudan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strategic significance:<\/strong> It is significant strategically because<strong> it is an oil-bearing area located along the contested border between Sudan and South Sudan.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Conflict: <\/strong>South Sudan\u00a0 declared independence from Sudan in 2011. Since then, both countries have staked a claim to oil-rich Abyei.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: South Sudanese officials reported that Sudanese military drone strikes on a market in the disputed Abyei region killed over 150 people, amid escalating cross-border violence. About Abyei Region The Abyei region is a disputed territory located along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. It borders Sudan&#8217;s Kordofan region, which has become a major&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/abyei-region\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Abyei Region<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,12039,11211],"tags":[11872,12141],"class_list":["post-374180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-reuters","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}