New war, old enemies: conflict dynamics in South Kordofan
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I. Introduction and key findings 8. - II. The South Kordofan conflict and its roots 11. - Pre-civil war era 11. - Civil war and CPA period 13. - Slide back to conflict 15. - A new war in the Nuba Mountains 18. - III. Armed actors 24. - Sudanese forces 24. - Armed opposition forces 27. - IV. Rebel weapons captured from SAF 33. - Documenting captured stocks 33. - Weapons and ammunition observed 35. - V. Reported indiscriminate weapons use by SAF 40. - Anti-personnel and anti-tank landmines 41. - Cluster bombs 42. - Incendiary bombs 42. - Unverified reports of use of toxic weapons 43. - VI. North-South conflict along the South Kordofan-Unity border 44. - Bombing along and across the border 44. - The role of the GoSS 46. - The battles of Jaw and Hejlij 49. - The South Kordofan-Unity border dispute 53. - VII. Conclusions 56. - Endnotes 58. - Bibliography 70