Sudanese nomadic conflicts

Sudanese nomadic conflicts
Part of the Sudanese Civil Wars

Sudan (orange) and South Sudan (green)
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Location
Status ongoing
Belligerents
Dinka tribes Nuer tribes Murle tribes
Casualties and losses
2,000[1] – 2,500[2] killed from 2009 to January 2010
350,000 displaced[2] by January 2010
3,000 killed from December to January 2012

Sudanese nomadic conflicts are non-state conflicts between rival nomadic tribes taking place in the territory of Sudan and, since 2011, South Sudan.[3] Conflict between nomadic tribes in Sudan is common, with fights breaking out over scarce resources, including grazing land, cattle and drinking water. Some of the tribes involved in these clashes have been the Messiria, Maalia, Rizeigat and Bani Hussein Arabic tribes inhabiting Darfur and West Kordofan, and the Dinka, Nuer and Murle African ethnic groups inhabiting South Sudan. Conflicts have been fueled by other major wars taking place in the same regions, in particular the Second Sudanese Civil War, the War in Darfur and the Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile.

Over the years, clashes between rival ethnic militias have resulted in a large number of casualties and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.[4] In recent years, particularly violent clashes broke out in 1993 between Jikany Nuer and Lou Nuer in Upper Nile, in 2009-2012 between Lou Nuer and Murle in Jonglei and in 2013-2014 between Maalia, Rizeigat, Messiria, Salamat and Bani Hussein in Darfur and West Kordofan.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference aj10 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Timeline-Violence spirals in south Sudan". Reuters. 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  3. ^ "UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia: Sudan: Non-state conflicts". Uppsala Conflict Data Program. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. ^ "UCDP Non-State Conflict Dataset". Uppsala Conflict Data Program. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Inter-communal Conflict in Sudan". Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project. 28 January 2015. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

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