SUDAN A LAND OF BROKEN DREAMS

BY Mical Asmerom

Naima Ahmad Hassan

Sudans Location

Sudans Brief History Sudan is the largest country in Africa Egypt was colonial master of Sudan for long time After Suez Canal Project British sent govenor to

control their new territory of Egyptian Sudan. After long hostility between egypt and Britain

they finaly agreed to divide Sudan North was controlled by Egyptian and South by

Britain. On february 2 ,1953 Sudan got it is independence

and Ismail Al azhari became new prime minister

Civil war Sudan suffered seventeen years of civil war

during the First Sudanese Civil War (1955–1972)

This led to the Second Sudanese Civil War in 1983. Because of continuing political and military struggles, Sudan was seized in a bloodless coup by colonel Omar al-Bashir in 1989, who thereafter proclaimed himself President of Sudan

Darfur War The Darfur Conflict was a guerrilla conflict or civil war

centered on the Darfur region of Sudan. It began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation

Movement/Army (SLM/A) and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) groups in Darfur took up arms, accusing the Sudanese government of oppressing non-Arab Sudanese in favor of Sudanese Arabs. It is also known as the Darfur Genocide

It involved the central government ,Janjaweed, SLM/A and the JEM

There are nearly a hundred thousand casualties The Sudanese government and the JEM signed a ceasefire

agreement in February 2010, with a tentative agreement to pursue further peace

south Sudan referendum A referendum took place in Southern Sudan

from 9 to 15 January 2011, on whether the region should remain a part of Sudan or become independent.

The referendum was one of the consequences of the 2005 Naivasha Agreement between the Khartoum central government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement

On 7 February 2011, the referendum commission published the final results, with 98.83% voting in favour of independence

NEW BORN COUNTRY After refendum south Sudan was formed and Salva

Bakiira was elected as new president After a short period south Sudan is in war with it Self The Hope and expection of the people vanished Corruption became endemic Tribal rebellion started

Abyei Conflict This is Oil rich region Ngok dinka are the tribe who live

there Misseriya nomadic tribe pass by in

search for pasture• North claims that missery people

have right to graze their animal there and south claims only Ngok dinka are the owners of that land

Effects Of The War More than 500,000 deaths due to

starvation in Darfur

Many in great risk of diseases , malnutrion

Nearly 2.1 people left homeless

Current issues Israel bombed army factory in sudan

accusing sudan of making nuclear weapon for Iran

South and North both acussing each other of using proxies

China as main oil invester in sudan hoped to play major rule in solving dispute in Abyei region

Coup attempt early in november