Covering the Suddenly Hot War Between the Sudans

lightbox.time.com — In just over a week, the volatile components behind Sudan's division into two nations - oil, religion, ethnic rivalry, guerrilla militias, disputed borders - have burst into war. TIME photographer Dominic Nahr has been on assignment in South Sudan's ironically named Unity State, whose northern edge includes disputed boundaries with its enemy Sudan - one of which is marked only by a white cargo container.