South Kordofan fighting displaces more than 3,000: SPLM-N

The bombing and shelling in and around Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan, over the past days have caused hundreds of people to flee. The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) reported on 12 December that more than 2,000 people were displaced from the villages of Jigeba, Torlet and Kuldang in the Kega El Kheil area in South Kordofan, following fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and SPLM-N. Another 1,400 people fled Kanga and Lima villages, seeking shelter in mountain caves in the area. The SPLM-N said that the SAF aerial bombardments killed two civilians and injured eight in the rebel-held areas.    Medical needs The Unicef deputy executive director for operations, Martin Mogwanja, told reporters in Khartoum on 12 December that the medical needs of 165,000 Sudanese children are being held “hostage” by the warring parties in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states. These children “are not accessing basic health services, including vaccination against measles and polio”, Mogwanja said.”It is not right for the different forces in conflict in those areas to hold these children as hostage, to hold their future as a hostage for the completion of a political process.”(Source: OCHA humanitarian bulletin, issue 50) File photo Related:Rebels, Sudanese army shell South Kordofan capital (15 December 2013)‘Scorched earth policy in South Kordofan’: rebels (15 December 2013)