identifier
S0009
Author
Mohamed Suliman
Title
The Nuba conflict in the Sudan
File size
59 kb
File type
html
Date
2001
Type
Research Paper
Note
Include bibliographical referenc
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Publisher
IFAA
Coverage area
Sudan ; Nuba Mountain
Description
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Since 1987, a violent conflict between the Nuba people of southern Kordofan and government forces supported by indigenous Arab Baggara has been raging in the Nuba Mountains. The armed conflict has brought great misery to the inhabitants of the mountains, especially the Nuba and has had a severe impact on relations between the Nuba and Baggara, who have shared the mountains in uneasy peace and guarded cooperation for the last 200 years. The government persuaded the Baggara to join its crusade against the Nuba by giving them arms and promising them Nuba lands after a quick victory. The Baggara, intoxicated by military power and greed, rejected all calls for peace with the Nuba. The war continued unabated for years. The Baggara lost some of their traditional lands, many men, and animals. Their trade with the Nuba collapsed. Losses forced the Baggara in several areas to negotiate peace with the Nuba. This chapter attempts to explain the complex web of cooperation and conflict that binds the Nuba and the Baggara. It also documents three peace agreements reached between the two warring groups..
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Note
Paper presented at the Conference of IFAA, London
Subject
Conflicts -Nuba - Sudan
Subject
Conflicts,-History- Southern Kordofan-Sudan
Subject
Conflicts,-Baggara- Sudan
Subject
Conflicts-Famine-Horn of Africa
Subject
Ecological degradation
Corporated body
Institute For African Alternatives
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