Politics of Sudan

Conflict in South Sudan While still struggling to achieve peace with Sudan since its independence in 2011, South Sudan is now rife with inner-conflict. Rebel forces led by the former Vice-President Riek Machar want to overthrow the South Sudanese government, led by President Salva Kiir. The U.S. must intervene in South Sudan, as it is an enduring interest within our National Security Strategy to maintain “An international order advanced by U.S. leadership that promotes peace, security, and opportunity

The culture of Sudan is unlike any other in the world. Everything that happens in Sudan and to its people impact the culture in some way, however small. Obviously, some practices and events have a noticeably larger impact on the culture. The standard life of the Sudanese and the major events that changed their country and culture are important to understand. This is to get an idea of the practical reasons for the way the Sudanese operate in everyday life. Keep in mind that the goal is to look at

Social Justice Reaction Paper South Sudan Africa South Sudan is one of the recently established nations in Africa, after the split between Northern and Southern Sudan in 2011. However, two years after South Sudan gained independence conflict arose between the president Salva Kiir and the Vice president Riek Machar. President Salva accused Vice president Riek of instigating a coup. Vice president Riek denied these claims and was later dismissed from his position in the government. Upon his removal

These were the horrors about 100 native tribes faced in a region of Sudan named Darfur in 2003. The government of Sudan took up arms against these villages for a number of reasons, here including the ongoing fight between the native farmers and nomads, the Sudanese government being corrupt, and the struggle between the villagers/farmers and their government. All beginning in the late 1980’s, General Omar Bashir took over Sudan using a military Coup, therefore allowing the National Islamic Front

In March 2004, the world was taken aback when Mukesh Kapila, a United Nations (UN) Human Rights Coordinator for Sudan, announced during an interview with the UN that the “world’s greatest humanitarian crisis” was occurring in Darfur. Until then, the world had been concerned by the raging civil war in South Sudan and the peace talks associated with it. Darfur was a nowhere, unknown and uncared about for centuries. Suddenly newspapers were wild with reports of the 21st Century’s first genocide

to Arab tribes who agreed to control the Darfur Liberation Front (DLF) rebellion. This was the foundation of the genocide. In April of 2003, rebels from the DLF attacked the Sudanese air force base in Al-Fashir. The DLF divided into two units: the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). In July 2003, militias were formed by nomadic Arab tribes. They were named the Janjaweed, which means “devil on horseback” in Arab. The Janjaweed and the Sudanese government

area in Sudan that is around the same size as France. It is home to roughly six million people, mostly of which are muslim nomads and farmers. Despite having the same religious beliefs, the nomads and farmers have a constant struggle. Around 1989, General Omar Bashir used military coup to gain domination of Sudan. His power enraged local conflicts, causing the struggle between the nomads and the farmers to become more violent. In 2003, two Darfuri Rebel Movements rose to power; the Sudan Liberation

The civil war in Sudan split the country apart, literally. South Sudan currently a mix of religion and North Sudan now a Muslim majority. This conflict has caused thousands of people to come to the United States over the past decade. The war began when Muslim fundamentalist became unhappy with the Addis Ababa Agreement and in 1983. President Gaafar Nimeiry declared sudan an Islamic state including south sudan. Obviously some people were not pleased specifically south sudan. This caused rebel

though the government will not help with anything there has been people that have escaped. Although, the government has done little many people have escaped. The government has not done much the government expelled 13 international agencies from Sudan and

Genocide is rightfully seen as one of the most emotionally heavy words in the English language. When many people think of genocide, they might correlate the word to the attempted, and nearly successful, extermination of the Jewish people during World War II. To stand by and watch fellow human beings killing each other because of their race, religion, sexuality, etc., leads many to conclude those who stand by are just as guilty as those who commit the act. Unfortunately, countless horrendous acts