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Sudan to keep police in disputed Abyei region

Sudan will keep police forces in the disputed Abyei region bordering South Sudan for now, the state news agency SUNA said on Thursday, defying a call by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to withdraw.

Abyei has been a main bone of contention between the African neighbours, which came close to all-out war last month when border fighting escalated, the worst violence since South Sudan seceded from Sudan in July.

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