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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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Volunteers and recent returnees are helping local authorities register people arriving from the North.
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Abyei residents, who fled to northern Sudan during the war, are coming back ahead of a January referendum on self-determination for the region.
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The vast majority of the returnees are Ngok Dinka, who say they are happy to be back to their traditional homeland of Abyei.
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UN's Mission in Sudan, known as UNMIS, has about 700 peacekeepers deployed in Abyei town.