Sudan: Transcending tribe

The SPLA, which is dominated by south Sudan(***)s majority Dinka tribe and, to a lesser extent, the Nuer, is attempting to disarm the region(***)s tribes in an atmosphere of tension and distrust [May Ying Welsh]

Over the past year, southern Sudan has been coping with four largely tribal-based rebellions, coordinated by a renegade SPLA general [May Ying Welsh]

Shilluk villagers say the army raped hundreds of women, children, men, elders and members of the royal family during a campaign to crush a tribal rebellion [May Ying Welsh]

This woman says she was raped, had her hut burned down and fled to the forest [May Ying Welsh]

Many of the southern rebels are SPLA soldiers who mutinied or deserted, taking their guns and uniforms back to their tribal areas to join the local rebellions [May Ying Welsh]

Members of the Murle tribe say the SPLA tortures villagers with red hot irons to make them hand over their weapons

This young man from the Murle tribe says he was tortured by the SPLA using burning plastic bags which were dripped onto him

In 2010, the CIA warned that southern Sudan is the place where mass killing or genocide is most likely to occur in the next five years [May Ying Welsh]