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Kharto... Email Print Related News North Sudan takes control key town in Abyei Sat, May 21 2011 North Sudan accuses south of convoy ambush in Abyei Fri, May 20 2011 Tanks storm south Syria city as U.S. piles on pressure Tue, May 17 2011 Sudan declares north party winner in key state vote Sun, May 15 2011 More than 80 killed in south Sudan violence: army Tue, May 10 2011 Analysis & Opinion How Lagarde should be appointed at the IMF Taliban talks – a necessary but not sufficient condition for peace Related Topics World » United Nations » By Ulf Laessing KHARTOUM | Sun May 22, 2011 11:22am EDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's northern army seized control of the disputed, oil-producing Abyei region, officials said Sunday, forcing thousands to flee and bringing the country's north and south to the brink of full conflict. Khartoum sent tanks into Abyei town, the area's main settlement, Saturday, the United Nations said after weeks of growing tension and accusations of skirmishes by both sides. Both the United States and Britain condemned the escalation of violence in the fertile border region, claimed by both north and south. Control over Abyei remains the biggest point of contention in the countdown to the secession of south Sudan, expected in July. Southerners overwhelmingly voted to declare independence from the north in a January referendum, promised in a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of north-south civil war. Analysts say Abyei is the most likely place to spark a return to civil war, a development that could have a devastating impact on Sudan's neighbors which include Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. U.N. officials said the north had sent at least 15 tanks into Abyei town. "Most residents in Abyei town left yesterday (Saturday) and have gone south. There are reports of looting by armed groups," U.N. spokeswoman Hua Jiang told Reuters, adding the town's population was estimated at around 20,000. North Sudan said it had sent in the troops to clear out southern soldiers that it said had entered the area, breaking the terms of earlier agreements. "The Sudanese armed forces control Abyei and are cleansing it of illegal forces," Amin Hassan Omar, a minister of state for presidential affairs, told reporters after meeting a delegation of the U.N. Security Council in Khartoum. "The government is committed to the peace agreement but the southern army wanted to enforce a unilateral solution," he said. The southern army (SPLA) accused the north of shelling villages and said it had withdrawn its forces from Abyei town after the north moved in. "We call on the United Nations to protect civilians," said southern army (SPLA) spokesman Philip Aguer. "We are worried about our troops. Communications are poor, we cannot get through to them." The White House condemned the north's military operations in Abyei as "disproportionate and irresponsible" and urged northern and southern leaders to meet and negotiate a settlement. Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned the attack on Abyei town, and an earlier ambush that was blamed on southern soldiers. "I call on all sides to cease hostilities immediately. All unauthorised forces should be withdrawn from the entire area of Abyei," Hague said in a statement. The mainly Muslim north and the south, where most people follow Christian and traditional beliefs, fought for decades in a civil war that killed an estimated 2 million people. The 2005 peace deal promised Abyei residents their own referendum over whether they wanted to join the north or the south. But that vote never took place after both sides failed to agree over who was qualified to vote. Attempts to agree Abyei's status through negotiations have also stalled. 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