Sudan in Crisis

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For over two decades, Omar El-Bashir's regime in Khartoum has dominated Sudan. The government has displaced 4 million Sudanese people and killed 2.5 million more.

Omer Ismail, Enough Project:

This government since they came to power in June of 1989, as a result of a military coup actually, they have been at war with the Sudanese communities in every part of Sudan. Four million people died already, and many millions are displaced and became refugees in other countries. Why? Not because of a foreign power that is invading their country. This is all the making of the government.

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After years of genocide and civil war, on July 9 Southern Sudan will secede and become The Republic of South Sudan.

Angelos Agok, Sudanese refugee:

Trust me, whether this July 9 happens or not we already independent, we don't care about anything else. If the north wants to propagate the agreement overnight and attack South Sudan, South Sudan will still declare its independence.

Laura Jones, Enough Project:

You have a situation in which there is an incredible amount of distrust and that seems to only be getting worse, so I think in terms of preparing for July 9, we have a long way to go.

Omer Ismail:

The Sudan is a country that depends on a single commodity and that is oil, and 80 percent of the tapped oil that we know today is in the south, so it will go with the south. And with it will go 37 percent and up to 70 percent of the GDP of the country, depending on who you are talking to. The fact that there is a running war that is going and taking place in Darfur, and the fear of the government of Sudan that a proxy war is going to start between the north and the south. So both countries are going to enter the world after July 9 different counties with a lot of problems between them as countries and between them as different countries.

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To learn more visit: americanprogress.org, enoughproject.org, sudanactionnow.org