The SPLM-N’s armed wing, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N), is fighting to protect the Nuba from Islamisation and genocidal jihad. However, with artillery of the Sudan Armed Forces in range, the areas around Mendi, Angartu and Kara Jumous in the Nuba Mountains have been evacuated. The SPLA-N recently managed to fight off GoS forces that had attacked the state capital of Kadugli, which was the site of massacres and ethnic cleansing in June 2011. It was the second major attack in 2015. The gravely imperilled Nuba are fleeing deeper into SPLA-N held territory without any assurances that they will find refuge from a regime that is determined to eliminate them.