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Second Sudanese Civil War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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natural resources of Sudan, particularly in the South, where there are significant oil fields.
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70% of Sudan's export earnings.
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Nile river and heavier precipitation in southern Sudan, the south also has greater access to water, and is therefore much more fertile
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1946, the British gave in to northern pressure to integrate the two areas.
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Arabic was made the language of administration in the south, and northerners began to hold positions there.
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(Muslims vs. Christians and Traditional African Religions)
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(Arabs in the central government vs. Africans in the South)
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Molly Sunwoo on 24 Feb 13

Good link to find out more details about the Sudanese Civil War. Includes causes, timeline, peace agreements etc.

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'Lost Boy' Begs US to Help End Sudan Slave Trade - World - CBN News - Christian News 24... - 1 views

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He was a young boy when Arab raiders ransacked his village, killed the men, and bound Dang and his mother to a camel.
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They were then dragged away from their home in southern Sudan to a life of slavery.
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"They let me sleep with goats," Dang told CBN News.
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Drunk and abusive, his slave master often beat him. Once, as punishment, he had chili peppers rubbed into his eyes, causing him to go blind.
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Experts say there's really no concrete estimate on the number of slaves in Sudan. They blame the absence of data on a lack of concern in the international community.
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CSI rescued Deng and brought him to the United States, where doctors recently operated on his eyes. It's unclear how much of his sight he may regain.
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"The offspring of those women who are enslaved when they're raped by their masters or their master's sons will become Muslim. They have no choice," Eibner explained.
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Elisa B on 24 Feb 13

This is the story of an 18 year old boy telling his story of how he and his mother were taken as slaves. It is very brief but has some horrifc points.

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Sudan Civil War - 0 views

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Sudan had two distinct major cultures -- Arab and Black African -- with hundreds of ethnic and tribal divisions and language groups, which makes effective collaboration among them a major problem.
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The southern region, which eventually achieved independence as South Sudan, has a population of around 6 million and a predominantly rural, subsistence economy. This region had been negatively affected by war for all but 10 years of the independence period (1956), resulting in serious neglect, lack of infrastructure development, and major destruction and displacement. More than 2 million people died, and more than 4 million were internally displaced or become refugees as a result of the civil war and war-related impacts.
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Although Egypt claimed all of the present Sudan during most of the 19th century, it was unable to establish effective control over southern Sudan, which remained an area of fragmented tribes subject to frequent attacks by slave raiders.
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lavery had been an institution of Sudanese life throughout history
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Because Sudan had access to Middle East slave markets, the slave trade in the south intensified in the nineteenth century and continued after the British had suppressed slavery in much of sub-Saharan Africa. Annual raids resulted in the capture of countless thousands of southern Sudanese, and the destruction of the region's stability and economy. The horrors associated with the slave trade generated European interest in Sudan.
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Sudan was proclaimed a condominium in 1899 under British-Egyptian administration.
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he SPLA, and its NDA allies received political, military and logistical support primarily from Ethiopia, Uganda and Eritrea.
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Elisa B on 24 Feb 13

This is an article which goes back in history and gives you an idea of how the war came to be. It refers to many of the different cultures and groups as well as mentioning slave trade.

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A Short History of Sudan's Second Civil War and a Call for the US to Stay Engaged | The... - 0 views

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autonomy
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  The right of self government
  
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Southern Sudanese
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ealized that the central government intended to divide the Southern government, centralize power, and Arabize and Islamize the entire country.
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2 million civilians in South Sudan died during the Second Sudanese Civil War, which lasted from 1983-2005
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that 70% of the Sudanese are Sunni Muslim, 25% Animist and 5% Christian.
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Sudan was a joint colony (called a “condominium”) administered by the British Empire and Egypt in partnership.  
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UNHCR - Kakuma camp in Kenya surpasses its 100,000 capacity - 0 views

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6 August 2012
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CAMP, Kenya, 6 August (UNHCR) – Kakuma Refugee Camp has surpassed its capacity of 100,000 residents, creating serious concerns as more refugees continue to arrive.
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The provision of life-saving assistance and important services is becoming increasingly difficult due to limited funding to cater for the growing population, particularly in the shelter, sanitation, education, and healthcare sectors
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idents and members of the local community due to the limited water and other resources in the area.
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However, an estimated US$16.7 million would be required to set up a second camp and UNHCR's current financial constraints mean this would likely also pose significant challenges.
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Elisa B on 24 Feb 13

This is a very recent article from the 6th August 2012 about the struggles that Kakuma refugee camp is now facing. It is a very short article mainly about the fact that the camp is exceeding its maximum population.

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The Lost Boys - CBS News - 1 views

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It's the largest resettlement of its kind in American history.
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It's a group that's lost in time
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Most were 7 or 8 when their troubles began in 1987. That's when their predominantly Christian villages in southern Sudan were attacked by Islamic forces from the north.
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He was seven when he began the walk. "You have to urinate so that you can drink your own urine,"
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Twelve thousand boys made it to a refugee camp in Ethiopia, where they stayed four years. But then civil war broke out there and the boys were chased out at gunpoint to the Gilo River. Many were shot. Many drowned. Many were eaten by crocodiles.
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The survivors of the Gilo started walking back into southern Sudan. They walked across deserts, over mountains. They had no food or water and ate wet mud.
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"They feel that education will speak on behalf of them where their parents can't," says Chanoff, the American aid worker. "So they have a saying, it's actually a very important saying that they have, education is my mother and my father."
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For nine years, they've been surviving on one meal a day - wheat flour and maize – in the camp. In 2000, U.S. government began bringing them to America. Before they go, Chanoff gives them a crash course in America 101.
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But the good news is that Americans are accepting them .
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"Here are these boys that are products of this horrific civil war and they're coming to our heartland and they're coming to our homes," says Chanoff. "And you know what? People are falling in love with them. They think they're the sweetest, most amazing kids in the world and they're going to be a part of America now and that is unbelievable."
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Elisa B on 24 Feb 13

This is a good brief story of the Lost Boys and their journey from when they were first attacked to when they set off for the United States. It is not very detailed but it had the main points.

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BBC News - Sudan profile - 0 views

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Found: How The Lost Boys of Sudan Found Hope In America - YouTube - 1 views

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  There are different perspectives to resettlement in America because different boys were placed in different situations. In some articles, boys who were moved to America mentioned that this is not what they expected, they cannot get any education and must work with a low paying job. But David, on the other hand, is in a whole different situation. He is a successful example of resettlement of the Lost Boys in America who got into college and is in the right situation to even go back to Sudan to help others. But is this fair? Some people being more lucky than others, when they all went through the same things?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">There are different perspectives to resettlement in America because different boys were placed in different situations. In some articles, boys who were moved to America mentioned that this is not what they expected, they cannot get any education and must work with a low paying job. But David, on the other hand, is in a whole different situation. He is a successful example of resettlement of the Lost Boys in America who got into college and is in the right situation to even go back to Sudan to help others. But is this fair? Some people being more lucky than others, when they all went through the same things?</div>
  
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Molly Sunwoo on 22 Feb 13

Brief description about the Lost Boys and moving to America.

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BBC News - South Sudan profile - Timeline - 0 views

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North/South Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ends civil war
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  North/South Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) - research further.
  
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deal provides for a permanent ceasefire, autonomy for the south, a power-sharing government involving rebels in Khartoum and a south Sudanese referendum on independence in six years' time.
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Molly Sunwoo on 22 Feb 13

South Sudan Profile Timeline of South Sudan Including Sudan's Civil War and after.

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Second Sudanese Civil War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  When and Where.
  
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. It lasted for 22 years
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conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government
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The civilian death toll is one of the highest of any war since World War II.
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Molly Sunwoo on 22 Feb 13

Good link to find out more details about the Sudanese Civil War. Includes causes, timeline, peace agreements etc.

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The Valentino Achak Deng Foundation - Interview - 0 views

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VAD: It is very close to the truth, but many things in the book are somewhat different than what happened in life. Some characters have been combined. Some time is compressed. They are minor things, but they were necessary. For one thing, I was very young when the book begins, so I could not remember conversations and small details from my early childhood in Marial Bai. It was necessary to reconstruct the chronology, and that is what Dave did. He took the basic facts and then created the story from there.
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  He states that he didn't make What is the What a biography because he couldn't remember all the tiny details on the way. Because some of the characters were combined and the time was compressed. Could this give him a 'slack' or possibly an excuse to exaggerate a bit in some parts of the story?
  
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About writing What Is The What. Double interview with Valentino Achak Deng and Dave Eggers.

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Molly Sunwoo on 22 Feb 13

Shantanu this is about the process of writing the book, you might find it interesting. :)

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