Sudan Now

Less than two hours after South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit concluded an address to the media and diplomatic core in Juba today, news broke out of yet another bombing by Sudan Armed Forces, or SAF, on South Sudan territory, which Enough reported on earlier today. At the briefing, Salva Kiir warned over escalation of conflict in the bordering areas.  Read More »

The Sudan Armed Forces, or SAF, attacked a refugee camp in South Sudan at 2:53 p.m. local time today. Enough Project sources indicated that no one was killed or injured in the attack, contrary to initial estimates from the Unity state government. However, casualty figures remain unconfirmed.  Read More »

Relations between Sudan and South Sudan have sunk to the lowest level since the South declared independence in July 2011. “We tell our brothers in the south that if they want peace, we want peace. If they want war, our army is there,” said Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in the Blue Nile capital of Damazine earlier this week in an event to declare the “liberation” of the former rebel stronghold of Kurmuk.

Bashir’s remark about Khartoum’s readiness to return to war is troubling considering the regime’s recent tendency to choose armed force as the method for solving outstanding political disputes.  Read More »

Last month, I had the honor of presenting my friend and talented musician Emmanuel Jal with a 2011 Common Ground Award at the annual Search for Common Ground awards ceremony, where he performed his hit song “We Want Peace” that brought the entire crowd to its feet.  Read More »

“We left our homes with not even a cup like this one,” said Asma, gesturing toward a red plastic cup lying on the dirt ground next to her foot. Sitting on the trunk of a felled tree crowded on all sides by young children in this refugee camp on the border of Sudan, Asma recounted when fighting broke out in her village in Blue Nile state. Her story is part of a series produced from an Enough trip to the Sherkole refugee camp in Ethiopia.  Read More »

Sudan Armed Forces, or SAF, have taken control of the stronghold of the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North, or SPLA-N, in Kurmuk town, near the Ethiopian border. The Sudanese government has long announced a military offensive to take over the SPLA-N’s main base in Blue Nile state.

Tracking the build-up of heavy weaponry near Kurmuk, the Satellite Sentinel Project has also warned about an imminent attack on the town, stressing that this attack may “result in the use of indiscriminate and disproportionate force” against civilian population, by SAF and affiliated militia groups.  Read More »

Four months since independence, the South Sudan government is still attempting to exert control over its territory, warning militias are going to intensify attacks in the border states. At a press conference in Juba yesterday, government spokesman Barnaba Marial Benjamin called for United Nations to increase presence of peacekeepers in affected areas to protect civilians.  Read More »

Our guest contributor has been doing relief and development work in South Sudan since the mid-1980s. He observes that what can be done meaningfully to promote peace changing in tandem with the evolving situation in South Sudan. The current moment, on the heels of the country’s independence, could be one of the most promising opportunities to establish peace among South Sudan’s rival groups, he suggests.  Read More »

As the Sudanese government continues to systematically target and attack civilians in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan’s South Kordofan region, the retired Rev. Andudu Adam Elnail who serves as the Anglican bishop of Kadugli, has become a voice of urgency for the region and its people.

On Friday, a day after testifying before an emergency U.S. Congressional hearing, Bishop Andudu gave a press conference at the U.N., organized by Avaaz, Human Rights Watch, and Sudan Now.  Read More »