A field commander of Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLA-N) walks by in Jebel Kwo military base near Tess village in the rebel-held territory of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan. SPLA-North, an historical ally of South Sudan's former rebel forces SPLA, has been fighting the Sudanese Army Forces (SAF) over the right to autonomy and of the end of persecution of Nuba people by the regime of President Bashir.
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