Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 12/2011

Return to War in Sudan's Nuba Mountains

November 2011

United States Institute of Peace

Abstract

The response to the renewed war in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains has been driven largely by a human rights and humanitarian crisis. The crisis will continue indefinitely without a political agreement that acknowledges the Nuba rebellion is self-sustaining and reflects a wider malaise within the new Republic of Sudan. With Sudan facing financial collapse, economic normalization must be part of negotiations with Khartoum to end the war in the Nuba Mountains and promote democratization throughout Sudan.