Source: Small Arms Survey
Country: Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan
The conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile (the ‘Two Areas’) between the Government of Sudan (GoS) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/ Army-North (SPLM/A-N) has entered its fourth year, characterized by continuous high-intensity military action and air attacks. While the front line has not substantially changed since the end of the first year of the conflict, the distance between the parties remains significant, and the seventh round of talks between the warring parties in Addis Ababa (12 November–8 December 2014) ended without major progress, with the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) unable to close the widening gap.