Chronic conflict and livelihood in Heiban: Nuba Mountains of the Sudan

The purpose of this study was to define a livelihood and how it had been affected by a chronic conflict and political instability, to assess the local people’s perceptions of wealth and poverty and to find the residential plan of the Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs). This kind of knowledge is the departure point for development efforts. The targeted community was the Nuba people of Heiban, Nuba Mountains of the Sudan. The community had suffered the civil war for fifteen years. The primary data was collected by using semi-structured interviews for households, key informants and focus groups...