Coronavirus: Tensions rise as pandemic encroaches on disputed Abyei

New York, US (PANA) - Sudan’s efforts to stop the spread of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, are delaying the deployment of fresh United Nations police units in Abyei and the border regions between Sudan and South Sudan, the UN’s peacekeeping chief told the Security Council on Tuesday Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, updating the Council on the work of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), said at the local level, the security situation remains volatile