Fresh air raids in S Kordofan

MPs resign over the ban of SPLM-N and continued conflict in the country

A child was killed and two women were wounded in air raids launched by the Sudanese Air Force (SAF) on Cody village in South Kordofan on Monday.The attack on the village, near Kauda airport, took place in the morning. There have been continued air strikes in South Kordofan since June this year.

Qamar Dahlman, spokesperson of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) in South Kordofan, told Radio Dabanga that the air strikes were launched on Korgee and Tebre localities.

The fresh attacks have resulted in farmers fleeing from their fields in the affected areas.

MPs resign

On the other hand, members of parliament (Mps) belonging to the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) resigned from their posts on Monday in a move to condemn the government’s ban on their party as well as the ongoing war in South Kordofan and Blue Nile.

The resigned members said that the National Congress Party (NCP) was targeting civilians by bombarding villages, schools, markets, churches on a daily basis. They said that these attacks had been predominant in areas populated by the ethnic Nuban people in South Kordofan.

The attacks have led to the death of over 2,000 civilians and displacement of over 450,000 people from the region since the conflict started in June, earlier this year.

Ammar Amun Daldum, chairperson of the transport, roads, and communication committee, Ahmed Abdel Rahman, member of the energy and mining committee and David Coco Tutu, member of the justice and legislation committee confirmed their withdrawal from the parliament in a statement.

Ammar Amun Sadia told Radio Dabanga that they rejected the national parliament in order to enter relief organizations to provide humanitarian assistance to the displaced.

8,000 refugees in S Sudan

Adrian Edwards, spokesperson of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said on Monday that 8,000 civilians have fled to South Sudan in order to escape fighting in the border state of South Kordofan.

Edwards said that most of the new arrivals in South Sudan were people residing in the Nuba Mountains.

Refugees began arriving in South Sudan since July this year after heavy fighting and air strikes were launched in border state.

The UNHCR declared that though these are the initial reports of refugees in South Sudan, the numbers are expected to rise up, given the continuing air strikes in South Kordofan and Nuba Mountains.