The Sudan: A Long Walk to Water
The Sudan is a North African country sharing borders with the Red Sea, Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, has been the concern of the world due to its civil war, the lost boys, and the many people who have lost their homes since its independence from British and Egyptian rule in 1956. The countless conflicts have caused millions of Sudaneses to died and fled the country in hopes of surviving, so one day, they can reunite with their loved ones. I can’t imagine the hardships they went through, and the trauma it brings. Sudan has a population of 35,482,233 people, and spanning an area of 1,861,484 square kilometers. The ethnicity groups who live in Sudan are Sudanese …show more content…
There was intense fighting from 1958 to 1972 until the Addis Ababa Agreement which gave Southern Sudan autonomy. In 1983, President Gaafar Nimeiry violated the agreement, attempting to create a federated Sudan which resulted in the death of two million southern Sudanese and nearly four million displaced. The government and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement reached an agreement in 2005 and things are gradually becoming better. The numerous wars have caused many to lose their families and homes, and to the Sudanese who have survived through this conflict, it must’ve brought great pain. Sudan is one of the poorest country in the world and many Sudanese have diseases such as malaria and dysentery because of their water source which might contain bacteria and is unclean. I feel great sympathy to the people of Sudan and made me rethink of my life, the many resources which we take for granted might be a life saving factor to the Sudanese. I believed that northern Sudan and southern Sudan will unify one day and be a country of no wars and
The Sudan is a North African country sharing borders with the Red Sea, Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, has been the concern of the world due to its civil war, the lost boys, and the many people who have lost their homes since its independence from British and Egyptian rule in 1956. The countless conflicts have caused millions of Sudaneses to died and fled the country in hopes of surviving, so one day, they can reunite with their loved ones. I can’t imagine the hardships they went through, and the trauma it brings. Sudan has a population of 35,482,233 people, and spanning an area of 1,861,484 square kilometers. The ethnicity groups who live in Sudan are Sudanese …show more content…
There was intense fighting from 1958 to 1972 until the Addis Ababa Agreement which gave Southern Sudan autonomy. In 1983, President Gaafar Nimeiry violated the agreement, attempting to create a federated Sudan which resulted in the death of two million southern Sudanese and nearly four million displaced. The government and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement reached an agreement in 2005 and things are gradually becoming better. The numerous wars have caused many to lose their families and homes, and to the Sudanese who have survived through this conflict, it must’ve brought great pain. Sudan is one of the poorest country in the world and many Sudanese have diseases such as malaria and dysentery because of their water source which might contain bacteria and is unclean. I feel great sympathy to the people of Sudan and made me rethink of my life, the many resources which we take for granted might be a life saving factor to the Sudanese. I believed that northern Sudan and southern Sudan will unify one day and be a country of no wars and