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The Nuba Mountains hospital is the main health facility for hundreds of thousands of people in the area.
For over 20 years Sudan was home to one of the world’s most brutal internal conflicts. Over two million people died as a result of fighting between the government and pro-independence groups in what would become South Sudan. South Sudan’s independence in 2011 ended that war.
The Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan mark the border between Sudan and South Sudan. Many people in the largely Christian or animist Nuba Mountains feel they have been marginalised and victimised by the Islamist government in Khartoum. War broke out in June 2011 between the Sudanese government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement –North (SPLM-N) when South Kordofan state was not considered for inclusion in the states compromising the new world’s newest country, South Sudan. This has led to fighting and enormous suffering.
The overthrow of Omar-al-Bashir in Sudan in April 2019 has led to the beginning of peace negotiations between the SPLM-N and the new interim government and since then a ceasefire has largely held in the region.
Political and ethnic differences have left people in the Nuba Mountains extremely poor and lacking even basic resources. They have also suffered from appalling acts of violence during the war.
Trócaire supports community health clinics in the Nuba Mountains. These health facilities are a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of people who would otherwise not have access to medical facilities.
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When the war ended between Sudan and South Sudan, it did not end for the people of the Nuba Mountains.
Located in Sudan but ethnically affiliated with South Sudan, people in the Nuba Mountains were isolated and subjected to continued conflict.
The Nuba Mountains is an area called Kordofan that lies on the border between Sudan and South Sudan. It is among the poorest and most marginalised areas of Sudan. The people in the Nuba Mountains were subjected to horrifying aerial attacks. Warplanes dropped missiles from the sky, killing and wounding civilians. People dug holes in the ground where they could hide once they heard the planes approaching.
Thankfully, a ceasefire called later that year has so far held. There have been no more airstrikes and movement has become easier as a result of the improved security.
However, chronic poverty remains. The fighting may have stopped but people in the Nuba Mountains live in a permanent state of humanitarian crisis.
Our work in this region focuses on humanitarian relief, healthcare and nutrition services, water and sanitation, livelihoods and resiliance building.
Our programme in the Nuba Mountains is humanitarian. Years of war and neglect have left an already isolated community facing enormous difficulty. We provide food and healthcare to people who are reliant on international support to survive.
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Last week a Trócaire-supported hospital in the Nuba Mountains region of Sudan came under attack. The hospital, which pr...
by Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El Obeid Diocese, Sudan, 15 May 2012 Plumes of black smoke stream across the barren footh...
