This is a startling development following months of arguments and just two days before the UN Security Council was due to visit Abyei.____________________________________.
Notes:
startling adj. 令人震惊的,惊人的
due adj. 预定的, 预期的
heighten v. (使)提高; (使)加强[重]
lead to 导致, 引起
Abyei has been the biggest point of contentions between north and south Sudan,and this event would lead to hightened fears of conflicts between the two
Abyei has been the biggest point of contension between north and south Sudan and the event will lead to heighten of fears of a new conflict between the two.