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 contension between north and south Sudan and the event will lead to heighten of fears of a new conflict between the two.
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