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Sudan: The North-South Conflict in Historical Perspective
The peoples of southern Sudan have suffered nearly two centuries of colonial rule under the Turko-Egyptian, the Mahdiya, the AngloEgyptian, and the post-independence northern regimes. There is little need to repeat yet again this rather long history. Attention is only called here to the activities and policies of these colonial regimes which have contributed to the cleavage between the predominantly Muslim North and non-Muslim South
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Introduction: Sudan\u27s Predicament
An introductory essay describing the political and socio-economic conditions of the Sudan at the time of this volume\u27s publication
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South Sudan: A War-Torn and Divided Region
An essay describing the war-torn region of South Sudan
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Losing Ground: Land Impoverishment In Sudan
Sudan is endowed with large expanses of arable land, estimated at 80 million hectares-the largest in Africa. It has abundant supplies of water. Its livestock asset (estimated at 63 million heads) is the second largest in Africa, surpassed only by neighboring Ethiopia. The country\u27s economy, hence, is almost entirely based on the agricultural sector. In 1993-1994, agriculture generated nearly 40 percent of the gross domestic product. The industrial sector, which is mostly agricultural-based, accounted for about 17.5 percent of the gross national product. The agricultural sector is also the source of virtually all ofthe country\u27s export earnings. About four-fifths of the labor force ofthe country earns its living from farming and animal husbandry. The country, however, is increasingly impoverishing its agricultural resources through the promotion of environmentally destructive modes of production