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The Nuer massacre, which occurred from December 15 to December 18, 2013, was a well-organized, intentional mass killing perpetrated against thousands of Nuer civilians by Dinka SPLA soldiers, Presidential Guard - Tiger Division, and Mathiang Anyoor (Dut Ku Beny), supported by Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF), orchestrated by the President of the Republic of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit ...
In April, Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, issued a statement saying he will not accept South Sudan's independence as voted in the January referendum unless the north takes control over the oil-rich Abyei region. A draft proposal from the south claims Abyei. [104] In May, Sudan's tanks entered Abyei in an attempt to clear out southern forces.
According to a source, many of the victims were Sudanese, in particular traders from Darfur as well as soldiers from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), a Sudanese rebel group from Darfur accused of supporting the South Sudanese government. According to the source, JEM fighters removed their uniforms and hid in the mosque, before being shot.
Sudan plunged into chaos in mid-April 2023, when long-simmering tensions between its military, led by Gen. Abdel Fat ... Libya and South Sudan. ... Darfur became synonymous with genocide and war ...
South Sudan received 600,000 people who fled the fighting in Sudan. Once in South Sudan, “one in five children in border transit centers suffers from malnutrition,” WFP said.
The South Sudanese Civil War was a multi-sided civil war in South Sudan fought from 2013 to 2020, between forces of the government and opposition forces. The Civil War caused rampant human rights abuses, including forced displacement, ethnic massacres, and killings of journalists by various parties.
The United States on Monday implored all countries supplying weapons to Sudan’s warring parties to halt arms sales, warning that history in the vast western Darfur region where there was a ...
They pointed out Sudan’s illicit gold trade that is an important source of funding for the UAE-backed RSF, and mentioned that the UAE is a major hub for smuggled Sudanese gold. The Biden administration was also considering declaring the atrocities in Sudan as genocide, as well as imposing new sanctions on the Sudanese militia. The sanctions ...