Civil War Intensifies in Sudan
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics, Military History
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Wars, Battles, Islam, Muslims, Mosques, Civil Wars, Coups
- Curriculum: African History
- Geographical Location: Sudan
- Date: March 17, 1992
Article abstract: Historic ethnic and religious rivalries between the Muslim north and Christian and animist south erupted into full-scale civil war.
The Fundamentalist Revival
During 1992, Hassan al-Turabi, considered the real power in Sudan, intensified the government’s drive to impose Islamic law (sharia) and culture on the southern Sudan, where most people practice Christianity or local religions. On February 21, the government drove 400,000 squatters out of Khartoum into the desert at gunpoint. Strengthened by fundamentalist recruits and...
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