Trauma and poverty are barriers to peace in Abyei requiring urgent attention to local conditions and efforts on the ground for long term stability.
The new Kush Inc report indicated that the situation for the vast majority was gloomy, having lost their homes, valuables and without opportunity for recovery.
The reported said 98 percent of people lost properties and over half of the sample indicated a monthly family income of 600 South Sudanese Pounds.
Kush Executive Director Luka Biong Deng warned that lack of agreement on the conduct of referendum in October will put Abyei at brink unless the international community takes affirmative action.