Inside the conflict
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20.05.2016Nuba conflict intensifies as rains arrive
Intense fighting persists in key locations in the Nuba Mountains with ongoing near-daily aerial bombardments severely affecting civilian populations during a critical time in the region’s planting season. Nuba Reports…
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16.05.2016Six children killed, Sudanese call for justice in Heiban
“My children were turned into shreds and their scattered remains [were found] in the woods and around the house,” said a stunned Abdelrahman Ibrahim to Nuba Reports. On May 1,…
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05.05.2016The Journey of Two Journalists in to Darfur’s Forgotten War
The images that photojournalists Adriane Ohanesian and Klaas van Dijken brought back with them from war-ravaged Darfur, in western Sudan, are moving, eye-opening – and exceptionally rare. Darfur, once a…
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27.04.2016JORDAN’S SUDANESE REFUGEES: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
The case of the 800 Sudanese asylum seekers who were deported by Jordan after protesting in front of the UNHCR office has disappeared from media coverage. But nearly five months…
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31.03.2016SUDAN, REBEL FORCES CLASH IN FIGHTING SEASON’S BIGGEST BATTLES YET
Sudan government forces attacked at least six rebel-held locations across the Nuba Mountains this week, sparking the largest battles the region has seen in more than a year. Sudan Armed…
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25.03.2016‘Good Girls Don’t Protest:’ Report Exposes Attacks on Sudan’s Female Activists
Human Rights Watch investigation finds rape, violence and arbitrary detention have become common weapons against women. On her way to a meeting with a UN official to discuss sexual violence…
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08.03.2016WOMEN, WAR AND PEACE: NAFISA’S STORY
In commemoration of International Women’s Day, Nuba Reports sits down with Nafisa Angelo, a refugee from the Nuba Mountains, Sudan, now living in Kenya. Nafisa had left the Nuba Mountains…
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02.03.2016A Q & A with Award-Winning Photographer Adriane Ohanesian
Adriane Ohanesian managed to travel last year to the rebel-controlled Jebel Marra area of Darfur, Sudan. It was one of the only, if not the only, time a foreign journalist…
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16.02.2016Sudan’s Economy: Annual Budget Designed for War
Sudan’s 2016 budget allocates a disproportionately large amount for defense spending that could comprise more than half the total budget. During a speech before Sudan’s Air Force headquarters in December,…
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10.02.2016Darfur Camps for Displaced to Close Amid Spike in Conflict, Displacement
The fate of hundreds of thousands of Darfuris displaced by conflict has become even more uncertain as the Sudan government moves to shut down all camps for internally displaced persons…
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29.01.2016THE SOUNDS OF THE ANGASSANA, BLUE NILE MUSIC
Sudan’s diverse ethnicities harbour many cultural traditions that often focus on music and dance to symbolize events and practices. Sometimes the music is tied to war and used to mobilize…
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20.01.2016Conflict Looms As Mass Government Troops Assemble
Conflict looms in the two conflict areas of South Kordofan and Blue Nile states as the Sudanese government amasses troops along the borders of rebel-controlled areas. Local sources suspect the…
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13.01.2016Yabus Hospital: Crucial but Struggling
“There are many people coming in everyday with many different diseases and there is no medicine, by the end of the day you would have treated 40 to 50 patients,”…
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13.01.2016Mourners Among 11 Villagers Killed in West Darfur Violence
An estimated 11 people have been killed recently by government forces, including the nomadic militiamen referred to as ‘Janjaweed’ in Western Darfur. After nomadic militiamen discovered one of their members…
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23.12.2015No chance to celebrate Christmas in Sudan, crackdown continues
Few Christians in Sudan will enjoy Christmas this year as government authorities continue to crackdown on churches and parishioners alike. Just a week before Christmas, security forces arrested Reverend Kowa…