Upper Kauda St. Vincent Catholic Parish in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains had long served as a place of worship, education, and humanitarian care for a community living amid conflict. On June 19, the place of refuge came under attack after a 48-hour ultimatum issued by Izzat Kuku, a Muslim leader commanding forces linked to the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N), which is currently in coalition with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). “What happened in Kauda was a calculated plot by the Islamic Movement,” Chief Kuku Aldkhor Tangila said. “Everything we had heard about them was carried out in our village.