Nuba Mountains

Coordinates: 12°1′N 31°6′E / 12.017°N 31.100°E / 12.017; 31.100
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Nuba Mountains
جبال النوبة
Jabal an-Nūbā
The Nuba Mountains
Highest point
Elevation1,325 m (4,347 ft)
Coordinates12°1′N 31°6′E / 12.017°N 31.100°E / 12.017; 31.100
Dimensions
Length145 km (90 mi)
Width64 km (40 mi)
Geography
Nuba Mountains is located in Africa
Nuba Mountains
Location in Africa
CountrySudan, South Sudan
RegionSouth Kordofan
Map of Sudan (after 2011). The Nuba Mountains are labeled in Southern Kordofan

The Nuba Mountains (

Baggara.[2]

Geography

The mountains cover an area roughly 64km wide by 145km long (40 by 90 miles), and are 450 to 900 metres (1,500 to 3,000 ft) higher in elevation than the surrounding plain. The mountains stretch for some 48,000 square kilometers (19,000 square miles).

hot semi-arid with a rainy season extending from mid-May to mid-October, and annual rainfall between 300 and 800 millimetres (12 and 31 in) — allowing grazing animals and seasonal rain-fed agriculture. At the end of the dry season from February to May there is often a shortage of water.[4]
There are almost no roads in the Nuba Mountains — most villages there are connected by ancient paths that cannot be reached by motor vehicle.

Geology

On a grand scale the rocks of the Nuba Mountains form part of the southwestern fringe of the Arabian-Nubian Shield.[5] The Nuba Mountains are made up chiefly of metamorphic rock of Precambrian age plus some scattered areas of igneous rock of Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic age.[4] Surrounding the area of the Nuba Mountains as a sea lies a vast area of Cenozoic-aged sedimentary rock known as the "Umm Rawaba sediments".[4] In the Nuba Mountains there are phosphate deposits hosting much uranium, vanadium and phosphorus which may be of economic interest.[6]

The largest mountains or hills are found in the central area of the Nuba Mountains, and these are inselbergs. These inselbergs are mostly made up of igneous rock, as metamorphic rock has been more heavily eroded and thus occupies lower ground.[4]

Political status

The region stayed under the control of the central government and the

Darfur".[10][11][12]

As of June 2011, South Kordofan's governor

Sudan–SPLM-N conflict (2011)
).

The war in Sudan began in 1983 until the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed on 9 January 2005 with independence vote set for 9 July 2011-the vote on 9 July 2011 succeeded the south into Africa's newest country, the

Arabic language. This cultural dispute was in part the reason for people in Nuba being prosecuted by indiscriminate bombing, attacks on civilians and mines at entry points to the Nuba Mountains. Samuel Totten described the campaign of the Sudanese government in the Nuba Mountains as a "genocide by attrition" using starvation as a tool of extermination.[14] In 2002, due to the extreme starvation of the people of the Nuba Mountains and under the international pressure from the UN, Khartoum under President Bashir (at that time, the government was termed the National Islamic Front) authorizes an interim cease fire to provide food and medical equipment/support to the people of the Nuba Mountains. In exchange, the Sudan People's Liberation Army/SPLA agree not attack the south-north pipeline to Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast. An international group of observers/advisers deployed to South Kordofan Province/Kadugli with several US advisers deployed directly into the Nuba Mountains, specifically to be co-located with the SPLA. One of the advisers/observers was Randolph Hampton (US) located in Kauda
co-located with the SPLA command element. Reports of indiscriminate bombing of civilians and mining entry points primarily for relief operation was reported and documents (with photos) during this time. Abdel Aziz Adam El Hilu was at that time, the governor of the Nuba Mountains and former military leader for the SPLA. He is currently (as of March 2012) back in the Nuba Mountains supporting relief and security operations.

The international community, including a number of celebrities such as actor

cluster bombs are used in the region.[17]

The ongoing war continues as the international community continues to debate a resolution to the issue of the Nuba Mountains.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ Spaulding 1998, p. 49.
  2. ^ "Nuba Mountains". Bradt Guides.
  3. ^ "BBC News - Will Sudan's Nuba Mountains be left high and dry?". bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^
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  6. doi:10.1016/0169-1368(91)90029-7
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  7. ^ Will Sudan's Nuba Mountains be left high and dry? by Peter Martell, BBC News, 24 November 2009
  8. ^ SUDAN: The Nuba Mountains - straddling the north-south divide, IRIN, 12 November 2009
  9. ^ a b "Why are the Nuba of Sudan Protesting? by Suleiman Musa Rahhal, FIBMS". sudaneseonline.com.
  10. ^ Sudan's Southern Kordofan Problem: The Next Darfur?, International Crisis Group report, 21 October 2008
  11. ^ The Daily Telegraph: "New war in Sudan's Nuba mountains?" November 4, 2009.
  12. ^ BBC: "Sudan: Could Nuba mountains be next conflict?" May 10, 2011
  13. ^ "Is Sudan heading for an acrimonious divorce?". BBC News.
  14. ISBN 978-1412856713
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  15. ^ "George Clooney Puts 'Spotlight' on Bloodshed, Crisis in Sudan's Nuba Mountains". PBS NewsHour.
  16. ^ "Opinion | A Rain of Bombs in the Nuba Mountains (Published 2015)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-01-04.
  17. ^ "Sudan: Cluster Bombs Used in Nuba Mountains". Human Rights Watch.
  18. ^ Al Jazeera: "Eyes of Nuba - Armed with a camera, Ahmed Khatir sets out to tell the story of a war that hardly anyone has heard of" 27 January 2014

Literature

  • Spaulding, Jay (1998). "Early Kordofan". In Endre Stiansen and Michael Kevane (ed.). Kordofan Invaded: Peripheral Incorporation in Islamic Africa. Brill. pp. 46–59.
    ISBN 9004110496
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Further reading

External links
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