[BBell]

I have been following South Sudan for years and I actually thought, at one time, that when Sudan split up there would be peace.

Islam is only about 7% of the population so you can't blame it all on muzzies.

[PeteB570]

Tribal groupings.

[FreedomPoster]

Islam wasn’t a factor in the Rwandan Genocide.

[familyop]

"I have been following South Sudan for years and I actually thought, at one time, that when Sudan split up there would be peace. Islam is only about 7% of the population so you can't blame it all on muzzies."

Let's check your comment against the facts.

CIA World Factbook
Sudan
"Ethnic groups:
Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%), Fur, Beja, Nuba, Fallata
...
Religions:
Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority"

Your comment failed the lie detector test.

[familyop]

If you were referring only to South Sudan with the comment about the population, then I apologize for the reply in regards to that part of the comment.

I was a little hasty, because anti-American fans of the Kremlin have been blaming the U.S.A. and our allies for problems in Sudan, Yemen and other countries in the region.

But why the concern about Sudan?

The CIA World Factbook
South Sudan
"Religions:
animist, Christian
...
Despite South Sudan’s instability and lack of infrastructure and social services, more than 240,000 people have fled to South Sudan to escape fighting in Sudan.
...
Trafficking in persons:
...current situation: South Sudan is a source and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; South Sudanese women and girls, particularly those who are internally displaced, orphaned, refugees, or from rural areas,..."

[familyop]

I don’t see anything wrong with the particular article that you posted, but the news company that published it did get my attention first. Earlier, another article published by Euronews was anti-American and anti-Israeli propaganda about the latest events in in Syria and Israel.

Euronews
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euronews
“Euronews is a multilingual news media service, headquartered in Lyon, France. Created in 1993, it aims to cover world news from a pan-European perspective. Euronews is majority owned by Naguib Sawiris, an Egyptian businessman, who is chairman of its supervisory board. Sawiris owns 53% of the channel (through Media Globe Networks).”