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South Sudan Crisis Hides 'Forgotten Wars' In East Africa -- Rebecca Simpson, Christian Science Monitor
New report details ongoing and unremarked conflict in Blue Nile, South Kordofan, and Darfur.
Since December, international attention and focus has shifted to South Sudan as violence and a rising humanitarian crisis intensifies in the world’s newest nation.
Yet in the north, in Sudan itself, escalating violence, displacement, and new political developments in the areas along the nation's periphery -- Darfur, South Kordofan, and Blue Nile -- are going largely unnoticed.
The numbers of casualties and displacements in these areas are at their highest levels in years and continue to grow.
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My Comment: It is true that the world's focus is on South Sudan .... while ignoring the even more bloodier conflicts in the Blue Nile, South Kordofan, and Darfur.
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