People in Abyei, Sudan

People in Abyei, Sudan

ABYEI, Sudan - A member of United Missions in Sudan armed with a gun watches over an outdoor market in the oil-rich Abeyi region on Dec. 26, 2010. Infrastructures in the southern Sudan area have not been developed even since the cease-fire in the civil war brought about by the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Abyei's self-determination referendum on Jan. 9, 2011, is expected to be delayed.

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