Sudan: Fighting between troops and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) rebels in South Kordofan
Fighting has intensified between troops and rebels in Sudan’s South Kordofan region, adding to humanitarian needs in an area where more than one million people were already affected, the U.N. said on Thursday.
The fighting that began three years ago “has intensified in April-May,” the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its weekly bulletin.
It said this followed the government’s announcement that a “decisive” campaign against the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement - North (SPLM-N) would continue.
“The recent offensive by the Sudanese Armed Forces supported by the Rapid Support Force — a government-affiliated paramilitary force — on SPLM-N areas over the past few weeks has resulted in a number of civilian casualties and repeated massive civilian displacement”, OCHA said.