Republic of Sudan
Context
The Republic of Sudan, like most colonial countries, has a long and complex history. Beginning a year before its independence, a civil war broke out in Sudan in 1955 pitting the South against the North. This first civil war, which ended in 1972 was reignited in 1983 and lasted another 20 years claiming a hundreds of lives. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in 2005 put an end to this conflict and paved the way for the 2011 referendum, where the South succeeded the North, becoming the world’s newest country.
Furthermore, beginning in 2005, the Sudanese government in Khartoum began a campaign of violence and ethnic killing in Darfur, which claimed attention from the media and anti-genocide activists across the globe. While the conflict has calmed down within the past year, tensions and killings have recently been reignited.
|
