Africa: Each Side of Sudan's Border, Hunger and Suffering Worsen As Conflicts Rage

18 July 2014

With war raging in separate conflicts on both sides the Sudan-South Sudan border, civilians have nowhere to run and hunger is approaching famine levels, the United Nations said.

South Sudan became independent from Sudan in 2011, following a peace deal that ended decades of civil war between north and south. But the new nation became embroiled in its own internal conflict in December 2013. Meanwhile, fighting has intensified between the government and rebels in Sudan's southern states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile.

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