Sudan's Abyei people protest against failure of Khartoum and Juba to s

Sudan's Abyei people protest against failure of Khartoum and Juba to set a date for the referendum

Khartoum-Civil societies and organizations organized a demonstration on Tuesday in Abyei region protesting the failure of Khartoum and Juba to set a date for the proposed referendum, stressing that should the two parties failed to agree on a date, they will decide their fate on their hands.
South Sudan has announced its adherence to the date fixed by the African Union (AU) mediation early next October, while Khartoum government insists that the referendum would not be held on that date and that any unilateral attempt to conduct it would lead to unlimited consequences.
However, Sudan rejects conduction of the Abyei referendum next October and insists that holding the referendum from one side is illegal, warning against a new setback in the relations between the two countries if Juba insists to conduct the referendum