Which of the following best analyzes the fragmentation of Sudan and South Sudan?(1 point)
Responses
South Sudan wanted to fragment because it benefited more from British colonialism than the rest of Sudan.
South Sudan wanted to fragment because it benefited more from British colonialism than the rest of Sudan.
South Sudan wanted to fragment because of political oppression and cultural differences from the rest of Sudan.
South Sudan wanted to fragment because of political oppression and cultural differences from the rest of Sudan.
South Sudan wanted to fragment because of economic advantages that they had over the rest of the country.
South Sudan wanted to fragment because of economic advantages that they had over the rest of the country.
South Sudan wanted to fragment from Sudan because it won a civil war against it.
The most accurate analysis of the fragmentation of Sudan and South Sudan is:
South Sudan wanted to fragment because of political oppression and cultural differences from the rest of Sudan.
The main reasons for South Sudan's secession from Sudan were long-standing ethnic and religious conflicts, political marginalization, and disputes over natural resources, particularly oil revenue. The predominantly Christian and animist South Sudanese felt politically and economically oppressed by the predominantly Muslim north. Moreover, two prolonged civil wars, the first from 1955 to 1972 and the second from 1983 to 2005, accentuated these divisions and eventually led to South Sudan's independence in 2011 after a peace agreement was reached and an independence referendum was held.