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The Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile was an armed conflict in the Sudanese states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile (known as the Two Areas [18]) between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N), a northern affiliate of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in South Sudan.
Today, Sudan is riven by conflict, with the RSF believed to be in control of much of the country’s western and central regions, including Darfur and parts of the capital Khartoum.
The SPLM-N was founded by units of the predominantly South Sudanese Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army stationed in areas that remained in Sudan following the South Sudanese vote for independence in 2011. These forces then led a rebellion in the southern states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile a few months later. [57]
The conflict has led the United Nations to declare Sudan the most dangerous country in the world for humanitarian workers after South Sudan. [12] The situation was further compounded by attacks on humanitarian facilities, with more than 50 warehouses looted, 82 offices ransacked, and over 200 vehicles stolen. [218]
Fierce clashes between Sudan’s military and the country’s powerful paramilitary erupted in the capital and elsewhere in the African nation The post Why Sudan’s conflict matters to the rest ...
Sudan's army and RSF have been fighting for almost two years, creating a humanitarian crisis in which U.N. agencies struggle to deliver relief. More than half of Sudan's population faces hunger ...
The term Sudanese Civil War refers to at least three separate conflicts in Sudan in Northeast Africa: First Sudanese Civil War (1955–1972) Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005) Sudanese civil war (2023–present) It could also refer to other internal conflicts in Sudan: Sudanese nomadic conflicts; War in Darfur (2003–2020)
The U.N. says nearly 25 million people - half of Sudan's population - need aid as famine has taken hold in displacement camps and 11 million people have fled their homes. Nearly 3 million of those ...