The Nuba Mountains are situated in the Sudanese state of South Kordofan. A remote and beautiful place, the people suffered terrible atrocities by the forces of the Sudan Government during a 21 year civil war. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement, signed in 2005 with the help of the UK and US governments, gave South Kordofan and the Nuba people a degree of autonomy. Their traditions could continue even when Sudan split into two and they remained in the North after largely supporting the Sudan People’s Liberation Army of the South in the war.
The countries will split on 9th July 2011 - and the Sudan government has chosen the time before the split to carry out attacks on the Nuba people - clearly an attempt at ethnic cleansing.
The people living in South Kordofan comprise of Christians, Muslims and animist people who live side by side and who suffered so badly in the civil war that some families who fled high into the mountains have not dared to venture down in the past 6 years of peace.
Now the capital of South Kordofan, Kadugli, is a virtual ghost town, people have been executed on the spot and others have fled without belongings (for fear of being shot if found to be escaping) The SAF government forces are also fighting with the SPLA and the people, terrified, hungry and increasingly sick, are stuck in the middle. Many headed for the UN compound on the outskirts of Kadugli seeking shelter. The UN has been unable to step in because it “does not have the mandate” The UN is also due to leave Sudan once the new South Sudan comes into being. Leaving the Nuba people to their fate.
The international community helped broker the deal that has put the Nuba people where they are - it must take action now to stop the killing of peaceful innocent men, women and children. Please do whatever you can to raise awareness of this terrible situation. Thank you.
A father cradles his child, killed by Sudan Government bombing of Kurchi, Nuba Mountains 27th June 2011.
Guardian 3rd July Report from Nuba http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/03/nuba-mountains-scars-sudan-war
New York Times “Yet Again in Sudan 29th June 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/opinion/30kristof.html?_r=2&src=tptw
Sudan Government bombs village of Kurchi, Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan State on 27th June 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/28/sudanese-bomb-village-border-war
Bishop Andudu interview 21st June 2011 Radio France International
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jazeera report 27th June 2011 http://english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011/06/2011627161013570204.html
http://www.sudantribune.com/What-will-it-take-to-halt-South,39351 Sudan Tribune 28th June 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13933933 BBC News 27th June 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ivqdF9uamwwEPsM2-PhF1fsxhDKw?docId=CNG.1ab5d657468a2ee5f1590c010c34102a.a91 Clinton’s concerns over South Kordofan
http://www.sudantribune.com/Civilians-killed-in-South-Kordofan,39342 Sudan Tribune 27th June
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/28/sudanese-bomb-village-border-war Guardian 28th June
23rd June update from Peter Martell in Juba http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93052
Actress Mia Farrow and journalist Julie Flint on how UN peacekeepers were subjected to a mock firing squad by Sudan Government forces http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304070104576397890968207366.html
BBC News 23rd June http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13882924
BBC News 21st June http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13862626
He is Not in a Mass Grave by Frederick Clarkson http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/19/986862/-He-is-Not-in-a-Mass-Grave
Al Jazeera report
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/19/north-sudan-military-massing-kadugli Guardian online 19 June
Satellites reveal Bashir’s ethnic cleansing in South Kordofan http://www.satsentinel.org/press-release/thousands-displaced-town-taken-over-sudan-armed-forces-satellite-imagery-shows
Kadugli killings, eye witness report http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/14459/World/Region/Sudan-eyewitness-recalls-South-Kordofan-horror.aspx
Bombing in South kordofan June 2011
Boming of Kauda airstrip June 2011
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuGoZQqTwZY&feature=related Boming of Kauda villagers June 2011
http://www.independent.co.ug/News/regional-news/4293-potential-for-war-in-south-kordofan-abyei-and-darfur�
Article from Independent in Uganda
http://www.sudantribune.com/UN-reports-abuses-against,39252 Sudan Tribune lists some of the people killed, tortured and arrested in Kadugli, June 2011
Report from aid workers in Sacramento news http://www.independent.co.ug/News/regional-news/4293-potential-for-war-in-south-kordofan-abyei-and-darfur
NY Times piece http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/11/world/africa/11sudan.html?_r=1
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Canada+condemns+Sudanese+violence/4960728/story.html Canada condemns violence Montreal Gazette.
