After three months of conflict in the Nuba Mountains of Southern Kordofan, the Sudanese authorities on 23 August declared a temporary ceasefire. This was despite the failure two days earlier of another round of peace talks between the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army – North (SPLM/A-N)
Jean-Baptiste Gallopin
Jean-Baptiste Gallopin is a PhD student in Sociology at Yale University. Prior to joining Yale, Gallopin worked as the Sudan researcher for Amnesty International and as a political analyst on the Sudans and North Africa for a consulting firm. His analysis, reportage and opinion pieces have appeared in Le Monde Diplomatique, Libération and Le Figaro. Gallopin holds a MA in Arab Studies from Georgetown University and an undegraduate degree from the Institut d`Etudes Politiques de Lyon.