Jalila Khamis Koko Essay

Growing up in the Nuba Mountain region of Sudan, Jalila Khamis Koko grew up to face an incredible challenge in her life. Born in South Kordofan around 1968, Koko experienced and witnessed many violence from the civil war in her country. South Kordofan, centered in the Nuba Mountains with its capital, Kadugli, is the only state in northern Sudan to produce oil in its fertile area of Abyei, claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan since the two countries could not decide which one should own the oil-producing area (Sudan Tribune, 2016). This made the state’s Nubian people a target of the military in the north. Ran by their governor, Ahmed Haroun, civilians of the area have experienced an ongoing war. The five-year battle in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan began in 2011 between the combined force of South Sudan 's army (Sudan People’s Liberation Army) and the military organization of the rebels of the north (Sudan People’s Liberation …show more content…
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