Tearsheets: Nuba Mountains in Expresso

Here's the tearsheet of my latest publication (text and photos) in the portuguese newspaper Expresso. This week a feature story on the humanitarian crisis and the guerrilla warfare in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan's South Kordofan province.

Frontline Sudan's style

A group of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLA-N) rebel fighters relax outside Jebel Kwo military base near Tess village in the rebel-held territory of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan.

Nuba rebels

Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLA-N) rebel fighters fixe a war tank captured from Sudan's Armed Forces (SAF) during recent combats in the rebel-held territory of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan.

Life in the caves

A Nuba woman takes cover, from possible bombardments by Sudan's Army Forces airplane, in some caves near Buram village in South Kordofan's Nuba Mountains.

SPLA-North II

Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLA-N) rebel fighters take defensive positions in Jebel Kwo military base, ahead of an attack on Sudan's Armed Forces (SAF) positions near Tess village in the rebel-held territory of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan.

Nuba fighters II

A group of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLA-N) rebel fighters look at weapons and ammunition captured from Sudan's Armed Forces (SAF) during recent combats in the rebel-held territory of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan.

Nuba fighters

Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLA-N) rebel fighters take defensive positions in Jebel Kwo military base, ahead of an attack on Sudan's Armed Forces (SAF) positions near Tess village in the rebel-held territory of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan.

Editing Nuba story

I'm still in the process of editing the work from Sudan's Nuba mountains.  Here's one more from the selection.

Nuba women take cover from possible bombardments by Sudan's Army Forces airplane in some caves near Buram village.

SPLA-North

A field commander of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLA-N) walks by in Jebel Kwo military base near Tess village in the rebel-held territory of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan.

Kitengele Glass factory

Today went for a quick visit to Kitengele Glass factory in the outskirts of Nairobi. A visually striking place that somehow resembles Gaudi's finest creations.

Below, a glass blower starting to work on a new piece.

From the Nuba Mountains

Here's a photo from my latest assignment in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan's South Kordofan estate.

Yusef Idris lays in a bed at Gidel Hospital, recovering from severe burns caused by bombardments by Sudan's Army warplanes in the village of Al Kanyard. Two of his brothers and his aunt died during the attack.

Tearsheets: South Sudan in Africa Decisions

The South African magazine African Decisions has published in their latest issue one of my images from South Sudan's 2011 referendum for independence. The tearsheet can be seen below.

Sudan and South Sudan at War

I've just posted online a new archive gallery on the border disputes between Sudan and South Sudan.

Click in the following link to see all the images: Sudan and South Sudan at War