War in silence

After over 60 years at war, Sudan and Southern Sudan managed to find a peace agreement and South Sudan seceded from the North in July 2011.

After over 60 years at war, Sudan and Southern Sudan managed to find a peace agreement and South Sudan seceded from the North in July 2011. Nevertheless, the bordering regions of Sudan remain unstable. South Kordofan is one of them. On July 5 2011 and after contested elections giving power to Ahmed Haroun, former commissioner of Darfur and wanted by the International Court of Justice, the war between the Sudanese government (SAF) and the rebels (SPLA-N) started again. Since that date, bombings, landmines and on-the-ground battles have become the daily life of the Nubian. Those random bombings made by the SAF have forced the locals to find refugee in the mountains, or fled to Yida refugee camp in South Sudan. Terrorized by the bombings and landmines, the population cannot grow food anymore which will eventually lead to wide spread famine. The Sudanese government has prevented NGOs and journalists to enter the region. With neither food nor sanitary aid and no media coverage allowed, despite the daily sound of the bombings, this war carries on in a major silence.