Seperation of Sudan

Last month, Southern Sudan votes to split from the north in Khartoum,
Sudan due to past conflicts and the need for peace.
As stated by the chairman of the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission,
98.83% voted for sepertation, while 1.17% voted for unity. This
illustrates that most Sudan citizens wanted to split because of
internal flaws as one country. One example of a flaw is the war
northerners (Arab Muslims) and the southerners (black Christians and
animists) have fought for a long two decades that resulted in decrease
in the population by two million. This sparked the idea of a peace
treaty in 2005, which has helped, a southerner states, them to gain
their rights and self-determination.
Another fact, even northern people wanted the vote. Abd al-Aziz Ahmad
states, "They can have their own country, and our problem...will
lessen." This shows that people may think the seperation is for the
better. Although, there are obviously people that believe seperation
may cause more problems, for both north and south. Southern Sudan will
flood with refugees and have significant numbers of mass killing to go
along with a lack of education. Northern Sudan, on the other hand,
will have a conflict with oil production, which the south dominates in
with oil reserves.
This seperation will bring a new country to the world, but the
question still remains the same, will it be better and decrease the
problems, or cause even more havic for both sides and result in no
peace and end to conflict.

By:Aaron Cameron
International