THE SECOND SUDANESE CIVIL WAR

INTRODUCTION

• It lasted from April of 1983 To January of 2005
• Two million people have died as a result of war, famine and disease caused by the conflict
• Four million people in southern Sudan have been displaced at least once
• The war resulted in the splitting away of South Sudan six years after the war ended.
• Government claimed oil fields when the country split.

MAIN CAUSES

• Religious differences (ethnoreligious)
• Natural resources (e.g. Oil)
• Oil revenue makes up 70% of Sudan's export earning
• Northern Sudan relying more on oil revenue than South
• Unease over power of northern elites after Sudan broke.

RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS

SUDAN'S OIL REVENUE

• There was oil fields located between the two main parts of sudan
• The north wanted to control these resources as they have no suitable land for agriculture(Sahara)
• The north needs these for revenue, bu the south also relies om foreign aid.

FOREIGN INTERVENTIONS AND THE RESOLUTION

• The ELI, attempted to make a truce but it failed
• The U.S. Charged the country with the genocide of 2 million people.
• SPLA and Sudanese sign agreement on six-month renewable cease-fire in central Nuba.
• Talks in Kenya lead to an agreement between southern rebels and Sudanese government.
• North/South Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ends civil war in 2005

SOURCES

• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sudanese_Civil_War
• https://sites.google.com/site/genderculturalnormsinsudan/home/religion
• http://www.eia.gov/countries/cab.cfm?fips=su
• http://www.aucegypt.edu/gapp/cairoreview/pages/articleDetails.aspx?aid=21
• http://enviro-map.com/sahara-desert-map