The International Bank and Google organized a program to update the map of South Sudan, which will announce its independent state next July. The International Bank said more than 60 citizens of Southern Sudan met in Washington to determine hospitals sites, roads and villages to update its map. In related news, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon warned of tensions the disputed Abyei residents witness now. U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirki said, "the Secretary General is anxious of the continuous tension in Abyei, which could affect the economic situation there." Ki Moon sees recent clashes in Abyei as a threat to relations between North and South Sudan. He called on the two sides to not provoke each other and urged them to work to stabilize Abyei. Clashes between North and South Sudan armies left 14 dead last Thursday. The incident renewed fears of the outbreak of a new civil war in Sudan. Sudan witnessed a two-decade civil war from 1983 to 2005 after which they reached a peace agreement with American-African sponsorship. Arabic here.
