May 02, 2012 - Kauda, Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, Sudan: A group of Sudan People?s Liberation Movement (SPLA-N) rebel fighters relax outside Jebel Kwo military base near Tess village in the rebel-held territory of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan. ..SPLA-North, a historical ally of SPLA, South Sudan's former rebel forces, has since last June being 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. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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