One of the myriad disputes in Sudan involves the contested Abyei region, which is rich in both oil and farmland and which straddled the North and South that has so long been the epicenter of vicious conflicts. Today the Hague made its binding pronouncement on Abyei, with Khartoum emerging with nearly all of the oil reserves in the region. Naturally the Sudanese government is thrilled. Advocates of the beleaguered South are less so. Here is a timeline of the conflict over Abyei.
