Introduction

As this book goes to publication, political strife and violence continue in Sudan, particularly in the regions of South Kordofan, Blue Nile, and Darfur. Unlike the sustained international attention focused on the crisis in Darfur from 2003 to 2009, these contemporary conflicts have received relatively little attention from the international community, individual governments, corporate news media, activists, or the general public. The latter is a major reason why we, the editors, felt compelled to develop this book.