Sudan Continues Its War In The Nuba Mountains Of South Kordofan

The Siege At Kadugli: Sudan's Very Un-Safe Haven -- Turtle Bay/Foreign Policy

With the world's attention riveted last month to the coming birth of Africa's newest nation, South Sudan, Khartoum opened a new military front in northern Sudan, battling forces from the country's Nuba Mountains region and targeting civilians and U.N. workers.

On June 5, the Sudanese armed forces, and pro-government militias surrounded Kadugli, the Nuban capital of Southern Kordofan, triggering a resumption of fighting between government troops and Nuban members of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army. The Sudanese action was intended to press thousands of local Nuban troops that once fought alongside Khartoum's southern rivals to disarm or to immigrate to the south.

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Update #1: UN: ‘Strong Evidence’ of Atrocities in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan -- Voice of America
Update #2: UN experts alarmed over atrocities in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan region -- UN News Centre

My Comment: Whether it is in Darfur, South Sudan, and now in Southern Kordofan .... the Khartoum government is always in the middle of these conflicts. Am I the only one who sees a pattern here.