JUBA, South Sudan — Non-Arab Christians in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains said they feel forgotten after Sudanese air forces killed at least 11 of the faithful in bombings before and after Christmas, according to area sources.
Following bombings of non-Arab civilians in Christian villages in Sudan’s South Kordofan state Dec. 18–26, the ethnic Nuba Christians are praying for a change of government in Khartoum, said a church leader from the state who recently visited Juba.
“We are surprised why the international community is so silent about the killing in South Kordofan,” said the church leader, who requested anonymity.
On Dec. 26 the Sudanese Air Force dropped nine bombs in Al Dar village in Buram County killing two Christian women — 70-year-old Kuku Tia and 45-year-old Aisha Tutu Tolodi.
The same attack struck a different Christian village, Um Serdiba in Buram County, where two Christian children were killed instantly. They were identified as Rehab Adam Alfol, 8, and her 4-year-old sister, Najaha Adam Alfol.
On Dec. 18, five people from one family were killed when a Sudanese airplane dropped a bomb in Eire village that landed on a Christian family’s home.
Since South Sudan split from Sudan in a referendum in 2011, ethnic Nuba peoples in Sudan’s South Kordofan state believe the government’s goal of quashing Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North rebels also is meant to rid the area of non-Arab peoples and Christianity.
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