Kauda, Sudan

Kauda (Arabic: كاودا) is a town in southern Sudan, located in the South Kordofan wilayah which currently serves as headquarters of rebels from the Sudan Revolutionary Front.

Kauda
كاودا
Kauda
Coordinates: 11°04′N 30°33′E
Country Sudan
StateSouth Kordofan
Control Sudan Revolutionary Front
Government
 • TypeAdministrative Unit

History

On 19 December 2013, the Sudanese army bombed Kauda, killing one person and wounding another.[1]

In 2020, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok visited Kauda for the first time since war broke out in 2011.[2]

Religion

There is a mosque in the town. A Catholic community also exists.[3] In essence Kauda town has religion diversity with Christianity being the most dominant followed by Islam and Animists. The town, though small in size, plays an outsized role of religious tolerance, with rebel movement SPLA/M-N largely not interfering in the religion matters. Perhaps, this is the model of a secular Sudan that the rebel movement has been calling for during peace negotiations with the Sudan government

References
  1. "Sudanese forces bomb, shell South Kordofan". 19 December 2013.
  2. "Sudan's PM Hamdok makes 'historic visit' to rebel-held zone". 9 January 2020.
  3. "In Sudan's Nuba Mountains, Christians, Muslims live together peacefully". 7 October 2018. Archived from the original on July 10, 2018.


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