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Referendum Source of Tension in Sudan's Abeyi Region
South Sudan is preparing to hold a referendum on January 9 that could see the region split from Sudan's Arab-dominated government in Khartoum. On the same day, a similar referendum is supposed to take place in the Sudanese region of Abyei, but who gets to vote in that referendum is in dispute.
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Belongings from recent returnees are left outside because there is no room to for them in the small traditional one-room dwellings called "tukus."
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Trucks are being provided to returnees by local authorities in Abyei to transport household items.
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Some returnees have been away for so long, they have no homes to go back to. Abyei authorities have requested international assistance in helping thousands resettle.
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Local residents walking through a neighborhood in Abyei town.