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An Mi-26 heavy lift cargo helicopter lands at the team site of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) in Abyei, central Sudan, as Zambian soldiers serving with the international peacekeeping operation prepare to depart in armoured personal carriers on a patrol around Abyei town. The area has been the scene of heavy clashes since the seizure of the town - which sits on the border between Sudan and newly independent South Sudan - by Sudanese Government troops on 20 May. Photo ID 473894. 26/05/2011. Abyei, Sudan. UN Photo/Stuart Price

Sudan’s Next War

As the ruling party seeks to maintain its hold on power, violence escalates in the Kordofan and Blue Nile states of Sudan.

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Chemical Weapons, Looting a Church and Forced Displacement — Details Emerge of Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in Sudan

In June this year word began to creep out of the South Kordofan region of Sudan that a campaign of ethnic cleansing of tribes aligned with Southern Sudanese separatists.The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights just released a report detailing alleged incidents.

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Ethnic Cleansing Solidifies Gains in Sudan Border Regions

The Sudanese government’s strategy of forced displacement seems to have worked.

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Understanding The Systematic Extermination of a Minority Community Underway in Sudan

It is important to understand the basic political dynamics of why this ethnic cleansing is happening…and why now.

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