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Nuba Conflict Intensifying as Fighting Season Ends
This article is republished with the kind permission of Nuba Reports, who have also published an article and film in Foreign Policy detailing this fighting season. The […]
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Fighting Season Sees Major Battles in Sudan
Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) are attempting to reach the rebel-held capital Kauda with multiple units moving west and north through South Kordofan State. As of March 30, […]
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South Sudan: Government forces deliberately suffocated dozens
South Sudanese government forces deliberately suffocated more than 60 men and boys who were detained in a shipping container before dumping their bodies in an open field […]
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South Africa to withdraw from UNAMID
South Africa has informed the United Nations that it will withdraw its South African National Defence Force (SANDF) infantry battalion from the UN peacekeeping mission in […]
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Darfur Camps for Displaced to Close Amid Spike in Conflict
This article first appeared on Nuba Reports, and is republished here with their kind permission. The fate of hundreds of thousands of Darfuris displaced by conflict has […]
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Conflict Looms as Sudanese Troops Assemble
This article first appeared on Nuba Reports, and is republished here with their kind permission. Conflict looms in the two conflict areas of South Kordofan and Blue Nile […]
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SANDF UNAMID troops in rebel ambush
Members of the SANDF’s UNAMID Darfur peacekeeping contingent were involved in an ambush by local rebels. According to a press release by the Department of Defence, […]
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SANDF withdraws some FIB troops over indiscipline
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) announced this morning that some of its personnel would be withdrawn from duty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo […]
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Is peace coming to South Sudan?
A peace deal has been signed in South Sudan, but will it last and what comes next? Features editor RICHARD STUPART talks to journalist ANDREW GREEN about the likelihood […]
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Red Team: Sudan and the SANDF
In the absence of clear information coming out of Darfur to dispel rampant speculation that South African National Defence Force troops participating in UNAMID […]
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South Kordofan at a Standstill
According to sources across the state, the SAF and the paramilitary RSF have been massing around Tolodi, Ganazyia and government stronghold Kadugli – South Kordofan’s […]
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Rebel Campaign Disrupts Election Efforts in South Kordofan
Over the past month, SPLA-N rebels have attacked nearly a dozen garrison towns across South Kordofan state. Their goal is to disrupt the elections and show the […]