evidence: The security situation in the area remains tense, with continuing inter-communal violence. The Secretary-General’s most recent report on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), dated 26 February and covering developments between 1 December 2023 and 15 February, said that inter-communal violence between the Ngok Dinka and Twic Dinka communities persisted in the contested areas along the border between the Abyei area and Warrap state in South Sudan. In a 31 December 2023 press release, UNISFA condemned the killing of the Juba-appointed deputy chief administrator in the southern Abyei area, Noon Deng Nyok, and five other people in an ambush by an "armed group" in Wunpeth, near Agok town. This incident, the press release said, "risk[ed] the gains that have been made towards resolving the difficult situation in [s]outhern Abyei". It called on all parties to exercise restraint and collaborate in bringing the perpetrators of the crime to justice and further reaffirmed UNISFA’s commitment to supporting local authorities in their efforts to promote reconciliation, stability, and the rule of law.