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HEIBAN, SOUTH KORDOFAN – MAY 14, 2024: Adam Kuku stands at the location where a barrel bomb was dropped near his home in December 2023.
As the War In Sudan reverberates outward from Khartoum, leaders from the country’s remote Nuba Mountains are behaving heroically – facilitating the evacuation and resettlement of thousands of displaced Sudanese at great risk to themselves. But as the war continues, half of the country now faces acute hunger, further straining the resettlement of 12 million displaced Sudanese – a staggering one fifth of the country.
Extended Caption: “I was on my way home from the market when the plane came,” Kuku said. “We heard the Antonov flying over us, so we laid on the ground as the bomb hit. A while later when I got up, I saw it was my house.” During a time of active war between 2011 and 2016, the Antonov aircraft terrorized the Nuba people, dropping more than 4,000 bombs on hospitals, schools, marketplaces and churches. Today, vestiges of the Antonov riddle the landscapes of daily life in the Nuba, and although the skies are mostly clear, bombings still occur. Kuku believes his home was targeted because he is a prominent faith leader in Heiban County. “For 20 years I’ve struggled with the government,” Kuku said. “Sometimes they come at night to arrest me, and take me to Kadugli.”Kuku, who is referred to as “the political pastor,” has been imprisoned over a dozen times. When asked why he continues working in the community, he answers, “in defense of my people.”
As the War In Sudan reverberates outward from Khartoum, leaders from the country’s remote Nuba Mountains are behaving heroically – facilitating the evacuation and resettlement of thousands of displaced Sudanese at great risk to themselves. But as the war continues, half of the country now faces acute hunger, further straining the resettlement of 12 million displaced Sudanese – a staggering one fifth of the country.
Extended Caption: “I was on my way home from the market when the plane came,” Kuku said. “We heard the Antonov flying over us, so we laid on the ground as the bomb hit. A while later when I got up, I saw it was my house.” During a time of active war between 2011 and 2016, the Antonov aircraft terrorized the Nuba people, dropping more than 4,000 bombs on hospitals, schools, marketplaces and churches. Today, vestiges of the Antonov riddle the landscapes of daily life in the Nuba, and although the skies are mostly clear, bombings still occur. Kuku believes his home was targeted because he is a prominent faith leader in Heiban County. “For 20 years I’ve struggled with the government,” Kuku said. “Sometimes they come at night to arrest me, and take me to Kadugli.”Kuku, who is referred to as “the political pastor,” has been imprisoned over a dozen times. When asked why he continues working in the community, he answers, “in defense of my people.”
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