Authorities in the contested Abyei area say thirteen people were killed over the weekend during an attack on a village by men suspected to be from the Misseriya pastoralists;
communities in the disputed Abyei region welcome the recent United Nations Security council resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security for Abyei for six months; local leaders say five people were killed during an attack on a military post in Western Equatoria state by suspected National Salvation Front rebels.