On Mar. 1, 2008, fresh clashes between Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) units and fighters from the Misseriya community in the oil-rich Abyei region left scores dead and the two sides trading blame over who was responsible for the latest skirmishes, AP reported.
At least 70 people were killed in the violence which occurred in south Al-Mayram, aid workers in the Southern capital of Juba said.
The UN's Radio Miraya quoted the head of the Abyei Liberation Front, Mohammed Omer Al-Ansari, as saying the clashes were in retaliation for recent SPLM attacks. But the SPLM Secretary in Abyei, Chol Chan, instead accused the Sudanese government in Khartoum of arming the Misseriya.
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