Sudanese Civil War
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Wars, Battles, Civil Wars, Coups
- Curriculum: African History
- Geographical Location: Sudan
- Date: Beginning in 1955 to 2003
Article abstract: At issue: Control of Sudan. Result: The war is ongoing.
Background
Pitting the non-Muslim, non-Arab people of the south against the Muslim Arab northerners, the Sudanese Civil War is one of the world’s longest-lasting conflicts. It began in 1955 with a rebellion of a unit of the Equatorial Corps stationed in Torit, but its roots go back to the nineteenth century Nilotic slave trade, British colonial rule (1898-1956), and the policies of successive governments of post-colonial Sudan.
The development of the slave trade followed...
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