The situation in Blue Nile and South Kordofan is dire. There is an immediate need for humanitarian aid and civilian protection. Recently, John Prendergast and George Clooney published a piece in TIME “Famine as a Weapon: It’s Time to Stop Starvation in Sudan.”
Now that the rainy season has ended, a government-sponsored ground offensive in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains has begun. The problem isn’t the Nuba Mountains, Blue Nile, Darfur or Abyei.