South Sudan Grievances

According to Amnesty International (2012), “throughout Sudan, the government routinely represses human rights defenders, political opponents, and ordinary civilians subjecting many to torture and other forms of ill-treatment.” Since the Darfur conflict erupted in February 2003, systematic human rights abuses have occurred. These abuses include killing, torture, rape, looting and destroying property. All parties have been involved, but these abuses have mostly been committed by the Sudanese government and government-backed Janjawid militia. These attacks have led to the death of hundreds of thousands of people in Darfur, with an estimated two million internally displaced people and another 250,000 refugees

The Sudan is home to two civil wars taking place dating back hundreds of years. “The older of the two, pitting the Muslim revels from the south, has claimed 2m lives in the past two decades, and spurred 4m people to abandon their homes.”(Economist 11) Although the two sides in this old war are close to a peace resolution, a new insurgence has begun in the region pitting “Arabs” against the “black Africans”, in an effort to attract peace concessions from the Sudanese government just as the older rebels did years before. An uprising by rebel groups against government targets sparked this new war because they felt neglected by the Sudanese government. But the response of the government to the new revolt falls extremely short of peace concessions, and instead perpetuates an environment of violence, torture and depression. The government has given its own militia, the janjaweed, free reign to pillage, rape and kill black civilians in a futile attempt to squelch the revolt. This can be see as an “ethnic cleansing” in which the government feels that the killings of blacks will hopefully rid the country of the rebels given that the Darfur rebels are mostly black Africans. Thus, the Sudanese

Ever since the start of the civil war (December 2013) in South Sudan, tensions have been running high between two opposing groups. Those who support the President, Salva Kiir, and those who support his fired deputy, Rick Machar. This conflict has caused food shortages and disease for many people. The one thing the parties have in common is the brutal violence especially towards women. According to the article,

Well according to Freedom House , a website that accurately rates country’s human rights and freedom on a 1-7 scale, Sudan’s ratings are the worst possible. Their human rights is a 7/7, 1 is the best 7 is the worst, their civil liberties is 7, and their overall freedom is a 7. When your country is overall awful in human rights something needs to change. Freedom, political rights, and civil liberties are the difference between an underdeveloped and a developing country. Sudan, obviously, is underdeveloped. When Britain left Sudan, Sudan was lost. They had so many decisions to make and paths to choose. When a developed country has control of an underdeveloped country the developed country should at least try to help the underdeveloped country to become somewhat developed. Britain, the parent, left Sudan, their kid, on the side of the road and drove

Witness the state of South Sudan dramatic developments began , according to the novel government , trying a range of Republican Guard forces , known as " Tiger " , to control the ammunition depot continued to lead the army in the capital, Juba , to explode clashes , perimeter defense headquarters , between the Republican Guard and the army's power costly secure warehouse on the one hand , and between the attacking group on the one hand , to announce the President of the Republic , Salva Kiir , the head of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Sudan's ruling , for the failure of an attempt to overturn a military Ikduha his former vice president , Riek Machar , and imposes a curfew , and

13. Fact: South Sudan has 20 different ethnic groups. This helps to explain why it is failing because: Too many ethnic groups in one state can lead to ethnic competition. Disputes over boundaries or distribution of power can cause the ethnic groups to declare independence and become its own nation-state, thus tearing the state apart.

To all S. Sudan citizens bear in mind that all men are brothers. Therefore, I urge you to embrace tolerance and a culture of peace, violence is a bittersweet vice that you’re not supposed to embrace. For the leaders transition your people to prosperity and alleviate human suffering. To all the wonderful of South Sudan people we advocate pursuance of Education; when people are in possession of knowledge they beat a path that leads to their doorstep. People need people to succeed in life ;to all S. Sudan Natives appreciate the presence of UNIMISS personnel ,and bear in mind they are here to make your lives, and this country a better place for you to reside, cherish and be proud to be S. Sudan

The Republic of South Sudan, formed in 2011, is one of the worlds youngest countries and it neighbors it's sister, The Republic of North Sudan, and both are in a situation of turmoil as always. After two civil wars, the country of Sudan split apart after an agreement of 98% the Sudanese people to split apart and go their seperate ways. This resembles the same conflicts of North and South Korea, and Upper and Lower Egypt. Now after being formed in 2011, the republic of South Sudan is already in danger of collapse.

Sudan and their contested border to secure any tensions with oil exportation. Even with the deal being signed it only partially resolves some of the issues between the two neighboring states to the brink of war, Sudan and South Sudan. Despite the influence of the United Nations as well as the United States through the North South Peace Act, the ethnic tensions still exist continuing to stall Sudan’s progress as a state. Tensions have been high since the South seceded from Sudan in July 2011. “Africa and the International System: The Politics of Survival” , by Christopher Clapham (1996). How did these states manage to survive- for a period of some thirty five years, in most cases after formal independence within a global order dominated by states

The war came to an end in 2002 concluding in a loss for the SLAS. Therefore we look to compare to a similar issue in the history of The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) founded in 1983 as a rebel group, that had the goal to reestablish a self-governing Southern Sudan by fighting against the central Sudanese government. While originating from Southern Sudan, it identified itself as a movement for all oppressed Sudanese citizens. Initially, the SPLA advertised one goal, which was a "United Sudan". The Second Sudanese Civil War was primarily a continuation of the first civil war, the historic tensions reignited between the Dinka tribe and the Sudanese government, which composed of a large Muslim population. Although at the end of the First Sudanese Civil War in 1972, the Addis Ababa Agreement got signed. This gave religious and cultural rights to the south. But once the Sudan government attempted to impose Sharia law and spread Islam to non-Muslim civilians such as the Dinka, which violated the agreement and was one of the causing factors of the second civil war. Whilst the north wanted to exploit the undeveloped south, which consisted of the Dinka

South Sudan has not been its own separate country for very long. It gained its

People in Sudan have frequently voiced their concerns about the government’s policy towards freedom of expression and speech. Since 2010, the Sudanese Government has given a brutal response to the wave of protests with unparalleled bloodshed and hostility toward the citizens even though the protests had been peaceful. In Khartoum and Wad Madani alone, two hundred people were killed by the law enforcement personnel. In addition, detention has been given to more or less 600 people. Plans for economic austerity also catalyzed such protests in 2012 resulting in the implementation of “a large-scale crackdown and detentions of citizens and

The government of Sudan, a country in Northeast Africa, is committing a horrendous crime against humanity. Genocide is raging on in Western Sudan against poor, helpless, innocent people. It is actually the ten year “anniversary” since the beginning of the Darfur conflict and the genocide still continues on. There are over 1.4 million people who still do not have homes to come back to, and the numbers stack higher every day. Bombings have not stopped, as there was one as recent as February 2013. The Darfur conflict in the beginning was just a brewing disaster and it eventually led to the horrendous genocides in the early 2000s due to early settlement disputes, climate change, and radical Islamic

This ethnic fighting is not confined to Sudan, almost everyone will remember the genocide in Rwanda where members of the Hutu majority murdered about 800,000 Tutsi minorities. Ordinary people were incited by local officials to take arms against there neighbor.  The brutality spread throughout the country with shocking speed, no one spared

Hamed Alneel Mohamed Emam mentioned that he supported the unity of Sudan because; Sudan is one country, one nation and had a common interest. He believed that the culture of Sudan could not tolerate amputation and unity within diversity and democracy is better for the Sudan future. He added, if the people of the south keen for their plans, they can enjoy ruling the south (through federalism). But if corruption protected by tribalism is habitude of the south then, is better for the all to work for the unity of Sudan.