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The South Sudanese Civil War was a multi-sided civil war in South Sudan fought from 2013 to 2020, between forces of the government and opposition forces. The Civil War caused rampant human rights abuses , including forced displacement, ethnic massacres, and killings of journalists by various parties.
The total death toll from the second civil war in South Sudan is estimated at more than two million, most of them South Sudanese civilians. Four million South Sudanese were displaced and have been gradually returning since the end of the war. [20] Supplying the returnees is a problem, as South Sudan's agriculture was also severely affected by ...
Second Sudanese Civil War: Background Q & A: The Darfur Crisis, Esther Pan, Council on Foreign Relations, cfr.org; Price of Peace in Africa: Agreement in Sudan Between Government and Rebel; Photojournalist's Account – Displacement of Sudan's second civil war; In pictures: Sudan trek – of returning refugees after the war, BBC, 14 June 2005
At independence, South Sudan was at war with at least seven armed groups. [45] According to UN figures, the various conflicts affected nine of its ten states, with tens of thousands displaced. [45] Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) also operates in a wide area that includes South Sudan. [46]
The First Sudanese Civil War (also known as the Anyanya Rebellion or Anyanya I, after the name of the rebels, a term in the Madi language which means 'snake venom') [24] was fought from 1955 to 1972 between the northern part of Sudan and the southern Sudan region which demanded representation and more regional autonomy.
Abobaker Eisa says the "bigger cause" of the Sudanese civil war has been a motivating factor in their qualification for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
In 1975, many discontented former Anyanya who had stayed in Sudan, took up arms in eastern Upper Nile and Equatoria. They were labeled Anyanya II. When the Addis Abeba Agreement fell apart in 1983, marking the beginning of the Second Sudanese Civil War, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) was founded. Competition between ...
More than one million people have fled Sudan to neighboring countries since April, according to the United Nations, as fighting between two warring factions plunges the country into civil war.