The clashes in South Kordofan led to a massive wave of displacement from the villages and towns of the state (Al Jazeera)
The International Organization for Migration said that South Kordofan State, southern Sudan, is witnessing a massive wave of displacement as a result of clashes that broke out between the Sudanese army and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement.
A statement issued by the organization yesterday, Saturday, said that armed clashes broke out between the Sudanese army and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, led by Abdul Aziz Al-Hilu, in the village of Al-Kwaik, in the eastern countryside locality, in South Kordofan state.
International Migration quoted its field teams as saying that the clashes led to a large-scale displacement from the region.
She said that about 204 families, the majority of whom were previously displaced from the city of Kadugli in South Kordofan, were forced to flee in search of shelter in villages across the eastern countryside locality.
The international organization indicated that the situation is still tense and it is impossible to predict what will happen in the coming days.
During the last four years, the Sudanese government and the SPLM-N extended their ceasefire agreement in the areas under their respective control.
Elements of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) are active in the states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile, and have been fighting with the Sudanese army since 2011, in order to obtain a special status for the two states.
It was founded in Darfur in 2002 and was initially known as the Darfur Liberation Movement. Its membership was limited to members of the Fur tribe, and it called itself the Sudan Liberation Movement after its openness to members of other tribes.
Source: Anadolu Agency