More than 50 people, including two members of the UN peacekeeping force, were killed in the clashes on the border between Sudan and South Sudan, local officials announced today, BBC reports.
Gunmen from South Sudan's Warap province attacked the neighboring region of Abyei in Sudan on Saturday.
The motive for the attack is unclear, but the Associated Press reported that members of the Twik Dinka and Ngok Dinka ethnic groups are in conflict over territory.
Both Sudan and South Sudan claim Abyei, and the dispute has been unresolved since South Sudan gained independence in 2011.
The UN peacekeeping mission in the region (UNSFA) said a Ghanaian soldier was killed during clashes on Saturday after the Mission's base was attacked.
A Pakistani peacekeeper was killed on Sunday when UN forces were attacked while transporting wounded civilians to hospital.
The UN announced that 52 civilians were killed and 64 were wounded in those clashes.
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