As the ruling party seeks to maintain its hold on power, violence escalates in the Kordofan and Blue Nile states of 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.
The Sudanese government's strategy of forced displacement seems to have worked.
It is important to understand the basic political dynamics of why this ethnic cleansing is happening...and why now.