Artist Elshafei Dafalla Mohamed hunger strike across the White House
Artist ElShafei Dafalla Muhammad executed his announced hunger strike for two consecutive days (October 7-8, 2011) across from the White House, and despite the departure of Shafei his location outside the White House in the U.S. capital Washington D.C., but he is still on hunger strike in protest of prevention and disruption of the Sudanese government the efforts of the humanitarian relief in areas of the states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile, affected by military operations launched by the Sudanese armed forces against the forces of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLA) North.
Tens of thousands of civilian population in the states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile suffered from military operations and aerial bombardment of villages in areas not under the control of the Sudanese armed forces (SAF), which led to a large-scale displacement of local populations in the two states, the Sudanese authorities have imposed restrictions on the movement of, and the efforts of the international humanitarian relief organizations, which has prevented the flow of humanitarian aid to those in need, in a move seen by many observers as food weapon used against the local population in the areas of military operations in the states of South Kodfoan and the Blue Nile.