Sudan's Predicament: Civil War, Displacement and Ecological Degradation (Making of Modern Africa)

By: Girma Kebbede

This work deals with the roots of Sudan's internal political conflicts, social and economic breakdown, and ecological impoverishment. It argues that all governments in Khartoum since independence have neglected the economic, political and cultural interests of the non-Muslim citizens of southern Sudan. The current National Islamic Front government is held especially responsible for ongoing civil war, economic and social dislocation. The regime's insistence on making Islam the sole religion, law of the land and instrument for political transformation has alienated the inhabitants of southern Sudan, the majority of whom subscribe to a variety of traditional African beliefs, but are also influenced by Christianity. Without a secular constitution, the book concludes, it would be difficult to imagine Sudan remaining as a unitary state. It suggests that any future political accord the South may enter with the North ought to be reached through constitutional changes where religion, the state and regionalism, among other issues, are discussed and resolved by all political parties and representative groups in the country.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754610209
• ISBN13: 9780754610205
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.3"