Posted on 07/08/2011 2:32:34 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
Let’s just say that Sudan now has split and gone their own seperate ways.
It tells the story of that nation.
Yes, I’m not optimistic about the Muslim North leaving them alone. Other than that, they’ll be okay if they don’t borrow a lot of money and don’t become socialist.
...after two civil wars over five decades that cost the lives of at least 2 million people... culmination of a January independence vote guaranteed in a 2005 peace deal that ended the most recent north-south war... Chol Allen, a 32-year-old minister, escaped Sudan in 2003 and eventually settled in Memphis, Tennessee. He returned to Juba two months ago for the midnight party, though he plans to go back to the U.S. "I came here for this moment," he said. "We were all born into war. All of us," he said while pointing at a crowded pick-up truck of youngsters. "This generation will see the hope of the newborn nation."
I hope so-they’ve been through hell. May Southern Sudan be a success story in a continent that badly needs one.
That would be Jordan and I don’t think they plan on doing a name change.
Aaah, yes and no. The area where the oil is called Abeya and they’re still talking/fighting about the boundaries for this area. The north still controlls the pipeline to the Red Sea.
-——That would be Jordan——
When I look at the crystal ball I see that.......
Eventually, East Palestine will be the west Bank and Gaza will be West Palestine till put down by Egypt
That continent changes country names and boundaries more than I change my underwear. Such a beautiful place but such a S-Hole at the same time.
I saw a photo today in the Spanish press, and it said (in Spanish, my translation) “South Sudanese Christians Celebrate Their Country.”
At least somebody can admit that these are Christians. Of course, the North Sudanese Muslim lunatic has not called off his attacks, and I doubt that the South Sudanese will get much support from us. Good luck to this new country, and I hope they survive and fight back and win.
I’m sure they will. I saw a photo of them celebrating and they are certainly very happy. But you know the North Sudanese are not going to let this go on for long.
Oh well-Figures.
Congratulations and Many Years to the new nation of South Sudan!!!!
Background
Slavery has a long history in Sudan, Africas largest country. For centuries, Arabs from what is now the north of Sudan routinely raided African villages to the south. In 1983, those raids resumed when the Muslim, Arab-dominated government in Khartoum attempted to impose Sharia law on the largely Christian and animist south. As fighting broke out between north and south, women and children became the spoils of war for both sides, setting off a much-publicized human rights crisis. Some captives are sold as slaves, while others are forced into military service or to work as field laborers. Estimates on the number of victims range from 5,000 (a government number) to 100,000 (an NGO number). Ceasefire talks in September 2003 offered some hope for an end to Sudans slave trade, but other traffickers are at work here, too. Among them is the Ugandan rebel group Lords Resistance Army, which uses Sudan as a market for its own supply of abducted children.
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