Once again the whole world is watching as events unfold in the Abyei region in Sudan. Bashir's troops are bent on ensuring that the South does not get access to the region as they are due to be independent in July. More atrocities are being committed there and all that the International community could do is to make statements condemning the forceful seizure of the region by Sudanese Government troops. What a shame. Why cant concrete action be taken against the Sudanese president so that he withdraws his forces from the region. Women and children are the ones bearing the brunt of the fighting. This is all because it is an oil rich region and Northern Sudan would not like to loose control over that area. Thabo Mbeki is doing his best to mediate between the two parties so as to bring an end to the conflict in Abyei. The people in that region should be given the opportunity to decide whether they will join the South when they eventually gain their independence. This i think will be a fair representation of the rights of the people, but right now, the Sudanese Government has resorted to intimidation just to prevent the people of Abyei from making a choice to join the South. The UN Security Council should take action against the Sudanese president and not just make statements on the conflict in the Abyei region. Both the North and the South should be allowed a fair share of the oil revenue so as to develop their countries. Looking at the Abyei region itself, it lacks good drinking water, electricity, food and other basic social amenities. The African Union must also move quickly to avert a civil war from erupting in the region and if it does the whole of Sudan and most countries around Sudan will face dire consequences. We as Africans should learn to solve our own problems without any help from outside the continent.
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