South Sudan mainly wanted to gain independence from the North because the people of the South are non-Arab, Christian, and Animist. The South had long felt oppressed by the North because the Northerners are Arab and Muslim. After the 1983-2005 Civil War - the longest Civil War in Africa- had ended, a signed North-South peace deal was created, that granted the Southerners the right to a self-determination vote.In the last Janurary before they gained independence, a reterendum was held. Nearly 99 percent of the Southerners voted for secession of the South.South Sudan became Africa's first new country since Eritrea split from Ethiopia in 1993.
Since gaining independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011.South Sudan has encountered a lot of new challenges, including population movements and returnee integration. Ongoing conflict in Sudan’s Two Areas of the Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan continues to result in refugee flows into South Sudan, straining scarce resources. Since South Sudan was able to gain their independence people who were from the South of Sudan before independence started to return back to South Sudan from Sudan on a large scale. Vulnerable communities have struggled to accommodate more than 700,000 new people. Inter-communal violence and general insecurity also persist in several parts of the country, particularly in Jonglei State, where fighting has led to significant displacement and deteriorating humanitarian like conditions.
The effects from more than 20 years of north-south conflict, poverty, and continued tension with Sudan, which led to a cessation of oil exports in 2012 that damaged South Sudan’s economy, compound the humanitarian situation. With deteriorating economic problems, the population is less able to cope with the shock of so many new arrivals in the country. They increasingly rely on the humanitarian community for basic food and non-food problems. However, insecurity, bureaucratic harassment of relief organizations, and the Government of South Sudan-imposed restrictions constrain humanitarian activities across the country, hindering the delivery of critical assistance to populations in need.
Some sites you can visit for more information about the conflicts on South Sudan. Also the conflicts in Sudan.
Since gaining independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011.South Sudan has encountered a lot of new challenges, including population movements and returnee integration. Ongoing conflict in Sudan’s Two Areas of the Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan continues to result in refugee flows into South Sudan, straining scarce resources. Since South Sudan was able to gain their independence people who were from the South of Sudan before independence started to return back to South Sudan from Sudan on a large scale. Vulnerable communities have struggled to accommodate more than 700,000 new people. Inter-communal violence and general insecurity also persist in several parts of the country, particularly in Jonglei State, where fighting has led to significant displacement and deteriorating humanitarian like conditions.
The effects from more than 20 years of north-south conflict, poverty, and continued tension with Sudan, which led to a cessation of oil exports in 2012 that damaged South Sudan’s economy, compound the humanitarian situation. With deteriorating economic problems, the population is less able to cope with the shock of so many new arrivals in the country. They increasingly rely on the humanitarian community for basic food and non-food problems. However, insecurity, bureaucratic harassment of relief organizations, and the Government of South Sudan-imposed restrictions constrain humanitarian activities across the country, hindering the delivery of critical assistance to populations in need.
Some sites you can visit for more information about the conflicts on South Sudan. Also the conflicts in Sudan.
- http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14069082
- http://www.globalwitness.org/campaigns/corruption/oil-gas-and-mining/sudan-and-south-sudan
- http://www.enoughproject.org/conflicts/sudans/conflicts-south-sudan
- http://www.enoughproject.org/conflicts/sudans
- Could there be anymore conflicts with Sudan?
- How long do you think that South Sudan is going to face challenges with rise in populations?
- How bad do you think the challenges are going to get over time?