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South Kordofan State


South Kordofan State in red (Disputed Abyei Area in pink)

Capital: Kadugli | Kaduqli

Area: 158,355 km2 (61,141 sq mi)

Population: 1,111,859 (2006 (est.)

Time zone: EAT (UTC+3)

Geography South Kordofan State is part of the Kordofan region of Sudan. It shares border with Darfur to the west, North Kordofan State to the north, White Nile State to the east and The Republic of South Sudan to the south.

Districts

Dilling, Rashad, Abu Jubaiyah, Talodi, Kadugli, Lagawa, As Salam, Abyei (abolished)

Abyei

Abyei is an oil-producing fertile area claimed by Sudan and South Sudan. Under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement residents of the area were due to hold a referendum to decide on its future in January 2011. The vote did not go ahead as the two countries could not decide on who was allowed to take part.

Videos

Al Jazeera | Sudan declares emergency on border with south | 29 April 2012

Al Jazeera English | Civilians bear brunt of Sudan clashes | 24 April 2012

Al Jazeera English | Inside Sudan - Southern Kordofan: Unfinished Business | 8 April 2012

With exclusive access, Al Jazeera investigates a hidden war in the remote state of Southern Kordofan in Sudan.

Al Jazeera English | ICC’s Luis Moreno-Ocampo speaks to Al Jazeera | 31 March 2012

Al Jazeera English | Sudan government adviser Rabi Abdel Atti speaks to Al Jazeera | 31 March 2012

Al Jazeera English | Sudan governor to troops: ’Take no prisoners’ | 31 March 2012

Al Jazeera English | Sudan tribes wrestle in greeting | 26 August 2007

The Baqqara Tribes of central Sudan mark the end of the cattle herding season with celebrations, including wrestling matches. Rawya Rageh reports for Al Jazeera on the tradition.


Children carry their family’s belongings as they go to Yida refugee camp in South Sudan outside Tess village in the rebel-held territory of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, May 2, 2012. (Reuters)

External Links

African Union/League of Arab States/United Nations Joint Proposal for Access to Provide and Deliver Humanitarian Assistance to War-affected Civilians in South Kordofan and Blue Nile States
Thursday 15 March 2012
African Union/League of Arab States / United Nations Joint Proposal for Access to Provide and Deliver Humanitarian Assistance to War-affected Civilians in South Kordofan and Blue Nile States Date: 9 Feb. 2012 Courtesy of Martin (...)
Bashir orders army to avenge South Sudan’s attack on Heglig, “purge” borders of rebels
Tuesday 24 April 2012
April 23, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese President Omer Al-Bashir has given his army a carte blanche to use “the language of the gun” against neighbouring South Sudan in retaliation to the latter’s occupation of the disputed Heglig region two (...)
US diplomat renews calls to resume dialogue over bilateral relations with Sudan
Wednesday 15 August 2012
August 14, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — US Chargé d’affaires, Joseph D. Stafford, has renewed his country’s desire to overcome the challenges facing bilateral relations between the two countries through dialogue, the official news agency reported (...)
South Kordofan SPLA in the media war
Sunday 7 August 2011
August 6, 2011 — Sudan People’s Liberation Army troops displaying the spoils of their conflict in South Kordofan. Sudan People’s Liberation Army troops displaying the spoils of their conflict in South (...)
Sudan says US involved in Juba’s support to rebels
Saturday 3 March 2012
March 2, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan has accused the United States (US) of being involved in the support allegedly provided by neighbouring South Sudan to rebels fighting the Khartoum-based government. South Kordofan’s governor Ahmad (...)
South Sudan army in full control of Jau after heavy fighting with SAF - official
Monday 27 February 2012
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich Feburay 26, 2012 (BENTIU/KHARTOUM) - The Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), South Sudan’s official army, has fully captured the disputed Jau area from the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on Sunday, an official in (...)
S. Sudan: UNHCR step up efforts to "alarming" health situations
Saturday 4 August 2012
July 3, 2012 (JUBA) - The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and its partners have intensified efforts to reverse the alarming rates of malnutrition, disease and death in the two South Sudan based camps hosting thousands of Sudanese (...)
Ban Ki-moon and Sudan’s Bashir meet in Tehran
Friday 31 August 2012
August 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudanese President and United Nations Secretary General discussed Thursday in the Iranian capital, Tehran, the latest developments on the outstanding issues process and bilateral relations between Juba (...)
THE NUBA MOUNTAINS CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT (2002)
Tuesday 13 March 2012
Press Release/Commentary by GOS/SPLM posted on February 18, 2002 at 16:42:21: EST (-5 GMT) THE NUBA MOUNTAINS CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT PREAMBLE We the Parties to this agreement, the Government of the Republic of Sudan and the Sudan (...)
Sudan example of how not to manage diversity - Uganda’s Museveni
Tuesday 17 April 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle April 16, 2012 (BAHIR-DAR, ETHIOPIA) - Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, criticised African leaders who by rejecting diversity cause insecurity pointing to Sudan as a prime example of how failing to manage (...)

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