Sudan like every african country is artifically created, it didn't exist prior to colonialism. The north should've been put with the other 'falaheen' farmers of egypt and in particular south egypt. They share much more in common under the egyptian class system which is the 'fellahin' peasant farmers, the mulkiyeen those who became educated under colonialism, and the qibtiyeen, the pre-existing educated class pre-colonialism. Egypt still suffers from this class war.
Where-as Sudan they cut off parts of Chad which western sudan share more in common with. They cut off south sudan from Uganda. The eastern Sudan seem like the only group that is a stand-alone ethnicity, because they don't belong with Eritrea-Ethiopia.
Then you have Sudan post colonial where they were stuck with a military junta who had independent power to control a puppet civilian govt. The Omar Bashir kept the military junta power and eliminated the civilian puppet govt and he was smart by ensuring military junta are split and not centralized so he can use one wing against another untill the unthinkable happened the two wings(north and west) got rid of him.
Reminds me of 91 opposition faction in Somalia who couldn't agree post siyad barre in 91, now these two opposition generals(west and north) can't agree to power and enjoying a new civil war. These guys should've agreed on post-omar future way before they took military action against him, not leave this important political settlement post omar. They should've Let the system exist and work and only replace it once you agreed to the new system before taking any military action.
The struggle between the west-north general isn't playin out thru thin-air, their is on-ground hostilities between the two communities. As the north views the west sudanese as uncivilized and similar to the hotu in rwanda or the hawiye in Somalia, while the west views the north as concentrating power within themselves the 'fellahin' communities who should be apart of egypt.
Every colonial country has either pre-existing ruling class or a ruling class developed thru colonialism, this social layer exists in all colonial nations, whether it's asia-africa-mid-east. Plus their borders are usually artificial and never existed prior and their nationalism would be very fragile or weak
Where-as Sudan they cut off parts of Chad which western sudan share more in common with. They cut off south sudan from Uganda. The eastern Sudan seem like the only group that is a stand-alone ethnicity, because they don't belong with Eritrea-Ethiopia.
Then you have Sudan post colonial where they were stuck with a military junta who had independent power to control a puppet civilian govt. The Omar Bashir kept the military junta power and eliminated the civilian puppet govt and he was smart by ensuring military junta are split and not centralized so he can use one wing against another untill the unthinkable happened the two wings(north and west) got rid of him.
Reminds me of 91 opposition faction in Somalia who couldn't agree post siyad barre in 91, now these two opposition generals(west and north) can't agree to power and enjoying a new civil war. These guys should've agreed on post-omar future way before they took military action against him, not leave this important political settlement post omar. They should've Let the system exist and work and only replace it once you agreed to the new system before taking any military action.
The struggle between the west-north general isn't playin out thru thin-air, their is on-ground hostilities between the two communities. As the north views the west sudanese as uncivilized and similar to the hotu in rwanda or the hawiye in Somalia, while the west views the north as concentrating power within themselves the 'fellahin' communities who should be apart of egypt.
Every colonial country has either pre-existing ruling class or a ruling class developed thru colonialism, this social layer exists in all colonial nations, whether it's asia-africa-mid-east. Plus their borders are usually artificial and never existed prior and their nationalism would be very fragile or weak