Militiamen backed by the Sudanese government are heading south to the flashpoint town of Abyei, the United Nations says.
Satellite images indicate evidence of "war crimes" committed by Sudan’s northern army in the contested Abyei region, a monitoring group has said.
Sudan’s flashpoint town of Abyei has been set ablaze by gunmen on a looting rampage after its capture by northern troops.
Sudan’s flashpoint town of Abyei was ablaze on Monday with gunmen looting properties after its capture by northern troops, the UN has said.
The UN has demanded Khartoum withdraw its troops from Abyei after warnings that Sudan is "close to the precipice" of renewed civil war.
Northern troops seized control of Abyei on Sudan’s north-south border on Sunday, Khartoum said as the south accused it of an "illegal invasion".
The South Sudanese say things are bad when people stop blaming violence on former civil war enemies in the north and start accusing each other.
The marathon task of counting the ballot in South Sudan’s independence referendum was under way on Sunday after a week-long poll.
South Sudan’s ruling party said on Wednesday a 60% turnout threshold required for an independence vote to be declared valid has been reached.
Excitement is rising as south Sudan prepares to vote on January 9 in an independence referendum that was the centrepiece of a 2005 peace deal.