Violence has erupted in Sudan's disputed Abyei region in the wake of elections in the neighboring northern oil state of South Kordofan. As tensions grow ahead of southern Sudan becoming independent in July, the reports of north-south clashes in Abyei followed a hotly contested election on Monday in South Kordofan, in which Khartoum-backed Ahmed Haroun, who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Darfur, is expected to be elected governor. The northern ruling National Congress Party and the southern Sudan People's Liberation Movement accuse each other of arming militias and fueling the violence in the contested border areas.
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