Sudanese Civil War Erupts
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Human Rights, Civil Wars, Coups
- Curriculum: African History
- Geographical Location: Sudan
- Date: August 18-30, 1955
Article abstract: The revolt of the Southern Corps of the Sudanese army against their northern officers, only months before Sudan’s independence, was the first incident in a long-running civil war.
Summary of Event
The civil war in the Sudan is one of the more intractable conflicts in Africa, having claimed countless lives. The conflict centered on the southern Sudan"defined as the Bahr al-Ghazal, Upper Nile, and Equatoria provinces"which is distinguishable from the rest of the country on both ethnic and religious lines. Whereas the north is largely...
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