Agok
{{Short description|Village in South Sudan}}
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Agok ({{langx|ar|أكوك}}) is a border town in the disputed Abyei region near the South Sudanese border. Due to the civil war in Sudan between 2007 and 2011 many of the residents in South Sudan fled to Agok which is the reason why 23,000 of the 30,000 total people in the town are Internally Displaced.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2015/7/1/abyei-a-non-state-entity-of-post-war-sudanese-divide|title=Abyei, a non-state entity of post-war Sudanese divide|website=www.aljazeera.com}} This number used to be much higher with around 90,000 people were displaced in Agok.{{Cite web|url=https://www.caritas.org/tag/agok/|title=Agok Archives}}
History
Due to the conflict in Southern Sudan, many South Sudanese fled to Abyei, primarily the border town of Agok. Around 90,000 settled in the area, which decreased to 23,000. After the war, internal conflicts in Sudan caused tensions between pro-Sudanese and pro-South Sudanese residents which caused a humanitarian crisis in Agok.{{Cite web|title=Abyei Administrative Area humanitarian situation overview - people impacted by violence in Agok and Anet |date=11 April 2022 |publisher=Humanitarian Response |url=https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/south-sudan/infographic/abyei-administrative-area-humanitarian-situation-overview-people |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913093317/https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/south-sudan/infographic/abyei-administrative-area-humanitarian-situation-overview-people |archive-date=13 September 2023 |url-status=dead }} UNISFA established its base in Agok.
On 10 February, 2022, armed militants raided Agok, with ten civilians killed.{{Cite web|url=https://cityreviewss.com/abyei-youth-demand-investigation-into-agok-attack/|title=Abyei youth demand investigation into Agok attack|website=The City Review South Sudan}} The militants were suspected to be from South Sudan according to Abyei Youth chaiperson, Chol Deng Miyom.{{Cite web|url=https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/sudan-emergency-contested-area-abyei|title=Sudan: Emergency in the Contested Area of Abyei|website=Doctors Without Borders - USA}} A similar attack in January 2024 left a UN peacekeeper dead along with dozens of others.{{Cite news|title=A Dozens killed as violence flares in region disputed by Sudan, South Sudan |date=29 January 2024 |newspaper=al Jazeera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/29/52-people-killed-in-attack-in-disputed-region-between-sudan-and-south-sudan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129121211/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/29/52-people-killed-in-attack-in-disputed-region-between-sudan-and-south-sudan |archive-date=29 January 2024 |url-status=live }}