Omar el-Bashir's military regime ousted the Umma party, a civilian government, in June 1989. El-Bashir's government backed Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. Since 1989, five million Sudanese have become displaced. Between one million and 1.5 million died from killing or starvation. In the area of Mayen Abum, people starved to death this year.
War interrupts planting, bad weather reaps failed crops, raiders burn crops.
The NIF, using food as a weapon, won't let in aid groups. Awan says ongoing peace talks between rebels and the government are futile. We are brothers with the Arabs. We know their mentality. We know they will come.