Highlights

As international attention remains focused on the Southern referendum, the Darfur conflict continues. Key recent developments include the renewed military alliances between the main armed opposition groups, who fought together in December for the first time since 2004.

Follow the links below for updates on key security issues from the Small Arms Survey’s Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) project:

Darfur Armed Opposition Groups and Coalitions (January 2011)
Summarizes the recently renewed military and strategic alliances between the major opposition groups; provides estimates of Darfur conflict deaths in 2010.
http://www.smallarmssurveysudan.org/facts-figures-armed-groups-darfur.php

Justice and Equality Movement (January 2011)
Updated to cover JEM's movements into Southern territory, the Government of Sudan's November bombing campaign targeting the group, and JEM's relationship with the GoSS on the eve of the referendum on Southern self-determination.
http://www.smallarmssurveysudan.org/pdfs/facts-figures/armed-groups/darfur/HSBA-Armed-Groups-JEM.pdf

Sudan Liberation Army-Minni Minawi (January 2011)
Updated to cover the dissolution the alliance between Minawi and the government, the government's attacks on the group in December 2010, and the group's increasing isolation.
http://www.smallarmssurveysudan.org/pdfs/facts-figures/armed-groups/darfur/HSBA-Armed-Groups-SLA-MM.pdf

Liberation and Justice Movement (January 2011)
Updates the status of this 'artificial alliance' that has become the main interlocutor in the Doha peace talks, but which has little military significance in Darfur.
http://www.smallarmssurveysudan.org/pdfs/facts-figures/armed-groups/darfur/HSBA-Armed-Groups-LJM.pdf

All updates and new pages can be found on the HSBA’s Facts and Figures ‘Latest Updates’ page at:
http://www.smallarmssurveysudan.org/facts-figures-latest-updates.php

• More information on the Sudan HSBA website: www.smallarmssurveysudan.org

• Contact Sudan HSBA Project Manager Claire Mc Evoy