UNISFA Force Commander: 'We Can’t Afford Not to Be in Abyei'

The acting head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Abyei, Major General Robert Yaw Affram, told UN News that the disputed region remains highly volatile, as UN forces operate in a political and security vacuum between Sudan and South Sudan. In December, a drone attacks targeting the UN logistics base in Kadugli, Sudan, killed six peacekeepers and injured eight others – all members of the Bangladeshi contingent serving in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).