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Crisis in Sudan

CRISIS IN SUDAN SUDAN'S NUBA MOUNTAINS ARE QUICKLY BECOMING THE CENTER OF A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. BOMBERS HAVE BEEN RAINING DOWN FIRE AND DEATH ON THE PEOPLE OF THE NUBA MOUNTAINS. THE BATTLE BETWEEN PRESIDENT OMAR AL-BASHIR'S REGIME AND THE NUBA REBELS HAS PREVENTED THE CIVILIAN POPULATION FROM GROWING CROPS AND RECEIVING FOOD AID. KEY DATES OF THE CONFLICT JANUARY 2005 SUDAN A US-BROKERED PEACE AGREEMENT IS SIGNED, ENDING A 22-YEAR CIVIL WAR AND SETTING A TIMETABLE FOR SOUTH SUDAN TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR INDEPENDENCE. JANUARY 9-15, 2011 SOUTH SUDAN REFERENDUM RECEIVES 98 PERCENT "YES" VOTE FOR INDEPENDENCE JUNE 6, 2011 ARMED CONFLICT BREAKS OUT BETWEEN SUDAN AND SOUTH SUDAN ACROSS SOUTH KORDOFAN. DARFUR O KHARTOUM JUNE 14, 2011. ROUGHLY 140,000 PEOPLE FLEE DUE TO ARMED CONFLICT. THE UN AND AID WORKERS SAY CIVILIANS IN SOUTH KORDFAN AND ESPECIALLY THE NUBAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TARGETED IN THE CROSS-FIGHTING VIOLENCE ESCALATES. SOUTH KORDOFAN STATE BLUE NILE STATE JULY 9, 2011 SOUTH SUDAN CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE. THE FIRST SET OF SOUTH SUDAN REFUGEES ARRIVE IN YIDA, SOUTH SUDAN MID-JULY. JANUARY 2012 MALNUTRITION, HUNGER AND DISPLACED REFUGEES INCREASE, ACCORDING TO THE UN. I CONFLICT ZONES A NUBA MOUNTAINS I LOCATION OF HEAVY AERIAL BOMBING JUBA APRIL 2012 OVER 300,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED OR SEVERELY AFFECTED BY THE CONFLICT AND SOME 17,000 REFUGEES FROM SOUTH KORDOFAN HAVE SOUTH SUDAN. BEE TERED IN CAMPS SOURCES: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS UN REFUGEE AGENCY WORLD HEALTH HUMANITARIAN COUNTRY TEAM, SUDAN SUDAN TRIBUNE gp BBC NEWS THE NATIONAL POST EYES AND EARS NUBA DESIGNED BY KYLE KIM/GLOBALPOST @KYLEYKIM

Crisis in Sudan

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Sudan's Nuba Mountains are quickly becoming the center of a humanitarian crisis. Jet fighters have been raining down fire and death on the Nubans. The battle between president Omar al-Bashir's regime ...

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