This area abuts the border with turbulent somalia and is populated mainly by ethnic somalis traditionally hostile to the government in addis ababa , the capital .
The new kim 's domain abuts china and russia , both powers that analysts believe would be opposed to any move america might make to try steering the new regime into its orbit .
Polyandry has never been common in india , but pockets have persisted , especially among the hindu and buddhist communities of the himalayas , where india abuts tibet .
The army has sandbagged defensive positions at street corners in the rebellious district of bab sbaa , a mainly sunni quarter that abuts one dominated by the minority alawite sect , to which president bashar assad 's family belongs .
The project abuts territory controlled by the kachin independence organisation ( kio ) , one of a plethora of ethnic insurgencies that have battled the central government for decades .