U.N. council approves Ethiopian troops for Abyei

27 June, 2011 | Reuters
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Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Monday
unanimously approved a U.S.-drafted resolution authorizing
deployment of 4,200 Ethiopian troops to Sudan's disputed
Abyei region for a six-month period.
    The resolution
    establishes a new U.
    N. peacekeeping
    force, called the
    United Nations
    Interim Security
    Force for Abyei, or
    UNISFA. Its
    adoption comes a
    week after north and
    south Sudan signed a
    deal in Addis Ababa
    to demilitarize Abyei
    and let Ethiopian
    troops monitor the
    peace.

    Although the
resolution gives UNISFA the authority to use force in self-defense
and to protect civilians and humanitarian aid, it does not call....More
Ethiopia starts logistic supply for Abyei mission

11 July, 2011 | The Africa Report
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    Ethiopia on Friday started
    transporting logistic supplies
    for its peace keeping mission in
    the Abyei region of Sudan.

    Amoured tanks, water tanks and
    other military hardware as well as
    military personnel have been
deployed to the embattled oil-rich Abbyei region to pave way for
the deployment of 4 200 Ethiopian peacekeepers.


Last week, the UN Security Council approved Ethiopia’s offer to
send troops to the region, which is contested by South and North
Sudan.

A referendum is planned referendum to decide which side the Abyei
people would like to join.



Major General, Gezaye Abera, the head of logistics at Ethiopia’s
Defence ministry said preparations to deploy the troops had been
finalised.

According to reports, the transportation of military hardware, among
other logistic requirements, by land to Abyei will take at least eight
days.

The Ethiopian troops will be in the region for six months.

South and North Sudan have welcomed the deployment of the
peacekeepers.

Meanwhile, South Sudan on Saturday officially became the 54th
member state of the African union (AU) Commission.

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A patrol from the international
peacekeeping operation passes a
destroyed UN truck that was part of a
convoy transporting northern soldiers out
of the Abyei area in the Todach area,
north of Abyei town, in this handout picture
released by the United Nations Mission in
Sudan (UNMIS) May 30, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Stuart Price/UNMIS/Handout