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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 (...)
The World watches silently while thousands die
Thursday 14 March 2013
The Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (SRRA) The World Watches Silently while Thousands Die 12 March 2013 Aware of the current conflict between the Government of Sudan (GoS) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-North (...)
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 (...)
20 killed in Sudan military helicopter crash
Wednesday 29 October 2003
KHARTOUM, Oct 29 (AFP) — Twenty people were killed when a military helicopter crashed in central Sudan, an army spokesman said Wednesday. The crash in the area of Umm Sayyala, in North Kordofan state, was blamed on an unspecified (...)
Sudan’s RSF militia accuses UNAMID of seeking to prolong Darfur conflict
Thursday 15 May 2014
May 14, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia has accused the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) of benefiting from the ongoing war in Darfur, saying it is seeking to prolong the crisis in the (...)
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 (...)
Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim killed "en route to South Sudan"
Sunday 25 December 2011
December 25, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The leader of the Darfur rebel group Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), Khalil Ibrahim, has been killed as he was leading his forces on the way to the Republic of South Sudan, according to the Sudanese (...)
Sudans’ Presidential Summit: Salva Kiir offers money and Kordofan conflict resolution
Wednesday 18 July 2012
July 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — At the Saturday meeting in Addis Ababa, South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayadrit offered financial support and mediation to President Omer Hassan Al-Bashir to bring the South Kordofan and Blue Nile conflicts (...)
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 (...)

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