Talks between north and south Sudan over issues concerning Abyei region and its referendum failed.
Both NCP and SPLM delegations said they were unable to reach and on the border demarcation and who would qualify as Abyei citizenship.Delegates to the Addis Ababa negotiations told Reuters one possible solution to the impasse was to forget about the referendum on Abyei and divide its territory between the north and the south.
The SPLM said the Khartoum government is settling thousands of Missiriya, a tribe from central Sudan, in northern Abyei to influence the vote.
The Khartoum government denied this.