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{{Short description|Conflict from 1983 to 2005 for South Sudanese independence}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
| image             = SPLA Second Sudan Civil War 01.png
| caption           = [[Sudan People's Liberation Army]] (SPLA) guerrillas celebrate around a disabled [[T-55]] tank.
| conflict          = Second Sudanese Civil War
| partof            = the [[Sudanese Civil War]]s and the [[South Sudanese wars of independence]]
| date              = 5 June 1983 – 9 January 2005 <br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=6|day1=5|year1=1983|month2=1|day2=9|year2=2005}})
| place             = [[Blue Nile]], [[Nuba Mountains]], Southern Sudan
| causes            = 
| result            = Stalemate<ref>Kadhim, Abbas K. Governance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Handbook. London: Routledge, 2013, p. 422</ref>
* [[Comprehensive Peace Agreement]]
* [[Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement]]
* Independence of the [[Republic of South Sudan]] following a [[South Sudanese independence referendum, 2011|2011 referendum]]
* Unresolved issues result in the [[Sudan–SPLM-N conflict]], and the [[South Sudanese Civil War]]
| combatant1        = {{Flagicon|Sudan|size=22px}} [[Sudan]]
* [[Sudanese Armed Forces|Armed Forces]]
* [[Popular Defence Forces|PDF]]
* [[Army of Peace]]
* [[Muraheleen]]
* {{flagicon|Rwanda|1962}} Ex-[[Rwandan Armed Forces|FAR]] and [[Interahamwe]]{{sfnp|Prunier|2004|p=377}}
{{Flagicon image|Flag of the South Sudan Defence Force.svg|22px|border}} [[South Sudan Defence Forces (militia)|SSDF]]<br/>{{Flagicon image|Flag of South Sudan (2011–2023, tilted star).svg|size=22px}} SPLA dissidents
*[[SPLA-Nasir]]
*SPLA-United{{sfnp|Martell|2018|p=137}}
*SSIM/A
{{Flagicon image|Nuer White Army Flag.svg|size=22px|border}} [[Nuer White Army]]<br/>{{Flagicon|Uganda}} Ugandan insurgents:
*[[Lord's Resistance Army|LRA]]{{sfnp|Prunier|2009|p=82}}
*[[West Nile Bank Front|WNBF]]{{sfnp|Leopold|2001|pp=99–100}}
*[[Uganda National Rescue Front|UNRF (II)]]{{sfnp|Leopold|2001|pp=99–100}}
{{flag|Zaire}} {{small|(1994–[[First Congo War|1997]])}}{{sfnp|Prunier|2004|pp=376–377}}{{sfnp|Prunier|2009|pp=74, 82}}<br/>{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} [[al-Qaeda]] {{small|(1991–1996)}}{{sfnp|Connell|1998|p=55}}{{sfnp|de Waal|2007|p=12}}{{irrelevant citation|date= January 2024}}<br/>{{flag|Ba'athist Iraq|name=Iraq}}{{efn|Iraqi support for Sudan during the war mostly consisted of weapons shipments;{{sfnp|Bassil|2013|pp=168–169}} according to the South Sudanese, however, at least one unit of Iraqi paratroopers fought alongside the SAF near Juba. About 200 Iraqi soldiers were allegedly killed, and the site of their remains became known as "Jebel Iraqi".{{sfnp|Martell|2018|p=147}} The [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] also stated that Iraqi forces fought alongside Sudanese government troops.{{sfnp|Khalid|2010|p=348}} }}<br/>{{flag|China}}{{efn|Although China was not officially involved in the war, it sent troops to the country in order to protect oil fields and thereby aid the Sudanese military. China also provided Sudan with weaponry.{{sfnp|Khalid|2010|p=348}} }}
<hr/>'''Combat aid:'''<br/>{{flag|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|name=Libya}} {{small|(1986–1991)}}<ref>Dixon, Jeffrey S., and Meredith Reid Sarkees. A Guide to Intra-state Wars an Examination of Civil, Regional, and Intercommunal Wars, 1816–2014, p. 392. Los Angeles, CA: Sage Reference, 2016.</ref>{{sfnp|Bassil|2013|p=169}}<br/>{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo|1997|size=22px|name=DR Congo}} {{small|(1998–2003)}}<hr/>'''Non-combat aid:'''<br/>{{Flag|Iran|1983}}<ref>{{Google books |id=ySUK3qoP-bsC |title=Revolutionary Sudan: Hasan Al-Turabi and the Islamist State, 1989–2000 }}</ref><br />{{flag|Belarus|1995}} {{small|(from 1996)}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsland.com/post/686582-torgovlia-oruzhiem-i-budushchee-belorussii|title=Торговля оружием и будущее Белоруссии — Владимир Сегенюк — NewsLand|website=newsland.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsland.com/post/4228990-zavoiuet-li-belarus-pozitsii-na-globalnykh-rynkakh-oruzhiia|title=Завоюет ли Беларусь позиции на глобальных рынках оружия? — Vechek — NewsLand|website=newsland.com}}</ref>
| combatant2        = {{Flagicon image|Flag of South Sudan (2011–2023, tilted star).svg|size=22px}} [[Sudan People's Liberation Army|SPLA]]
*SPLA-Mainstream{{sfnp|Martell|2018|p=137}}
*[[Malik Agar|SPLA-Agar]]
*[[Sudan People's Defense Forces/Democratic Front|SPDF]]
*[[Abyei Liberation Front|ALF]]
*''Titweng''{{sfnp|LeRiche|Arnold|2013|p=101}}
[[File:Flag of SSLM.svg|22px|border]] [[South Sudan Liberation Movement|SSLM]]<br/>[[National Democratic Alliance (Sudan)|NDA]]<br/>[[Sudanese Alliance Forces]]{{sfnp|Plaut|2016|p=77}}<br/>[[File:Sn anyaanya1.PNG|22px|border]] [[Anyanya II]]<br/>{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Eastern Front.svg|size=22px}} [[Eastern Front (Sudan)|Eastern Coalition]]<br/>{{flagicon image|Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg}} [[Derg]] {{small|(until 1987)}}{{sfnp|Vuylsteke|2018|p=6}}<br/>{{flagicon image|Flag of Ethiopia (1987–1991).svg}} [[People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia|PDR Ethiopia]] {{small|(1987–1991)}}{{sfnp|Vuylsteke|2018|p=6}}<br/>{{flagicon|Ethiopia|1996}} [[Ethiopia|FDR Ethiopia]] {{small|(1995–1998)}}{{sfnp|de Waal|2007|p=12}}<br/>{{flag|Eritrea}} {{small|(1996–1998, 2002–2005)}}{{sfnp|Plaut|2016|pp=77–78}}<br/>{{flag|Uganda}} {{small|(from 1993)}}{{sfnp|Prunier|2009|p=75}}<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports98/sudan/Sudarm988-07.htm "Military Support for Sudanese Opposition Forces."] Sudan. Retrieved 6 January 2016.</ref><br/>'''Non-combat aid:'''<br />{{flag|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|name=Libya}} {{small|(1983–1985)}}<ref>Collins, Robert O. Africa's Thirty Years War: Libya, Chad, and the Sudan, 1963–1993, p. 194.: Westview Press, 1999.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports98/sudan/Sudarm988-03.htm | title=SUDAN GLOBAL TRADE, LOCAL IMPACT Arms Transfers to all Sides in the Civil War in Sudan }}</ref><br>{{flag|Israel}}{{sfnp|DeRouen|Heo|2007|p=742}}<br>{{flag|Cuba}} {{small|(until 1991)}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.occasionalwitness.com/Articles/20010426.htm | title=Interview with Yousif Kuwa Mekki }}</ref>
| commander1        = {{Flagicon|Sudan|size=22px}} [[Gaafar Nimeiry]]<br />{{Flagicon|Sudan|size=22px}} [[Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab|Suwar al-Dahab]]<br />{{Flagicon|Sudan|size=22px}} [[Sadiq al-Mahdi]]<br />{{Flagicon|Sudan|size=22px}} [[Omar al-Bashir]]<br/>{{Flagicon image|Flag of the South Sudan Defence Force.svg|22px|border}} [[Paulino Matip Nhial]]<br/>{{flagicon|Rwanda|1962}} [[Tharcisse Renzaho]]{{sfnp|Prunier|2004|p=377}}<br/>{{Flagicon image|Flag of South Sudan (2011–2023, tilted star).svg|size=22px}} [[Riek Machar]]<br/>{{Flagicon image|Flag of South Sudan (2011–2023, tilted star).svg|size=22px}} [[Lam Akol]]<br/>{{Flagicon image|Flag of South Sudan (2011–2023, tilted star).svg|size=22px}} [[Kerubino Kuanyin]]<br/>{{Flagicon image|Flag of South Sudan (2011–2023, tilted star).svg|size=22px}} [[Peter Par Jiek]]<br/>{{Flagicon|Uganda}} [[Juma Oris]]<br />{{Flagicon|Uganda}} [[Joseph Kony]]<br />{{flagicon|Zaire}} [[Mobutu Sese Seko]]<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} [[Osama bin Laden]] {{citation needed|date= January 2024}}
| commander2        = {{Flagicon image|Flag of South Sudan (2011–2023, tilted star).svg|size=22px}} [[John Garang]]<br />{{Flagicon image|Flag of South Sudan (2011–2023, tilted star).svg|size=22px}} [[Salva Kiir Mayardit]]<br />{{Flagicon image|Flag of South Sudan (2011–2023, tilted star).svg|size=22px}} [[Dominic Dim Deng]]<br />{{Flagicon image|Flag of South Sudan (2011–2023, tilted star).svg|size=22px}} [[Riek Machar]]<br/>{{Flagicon image|Flag of South Sudan (2011–2023, tilted star).svg|size=22px}} Lam Akol<br />{{Flagicon image|Flag of South Sudan (2011–2023, tilted star).svg|size=22px}} [[Kerubino Kuanyin Bol|Kerubino Kuanyin]]<br/>{{Flagicon image|Flag of South Sudan (2011–2023, tilted star).svg|size=22px}} [[James Hoth Mai]]<br/>{{Flagicon image|Flag of South Sudan (2011–2023, tilted star).svg|size=22px}} Peter Par Jiek<br />{{Flagicon image|Flag of South Sudan (2011–2023, tilted star).svg|size=22px}} [[Peter Gadet]]<br/>{{Flagicon image|Flag of South Sudan (2011–2023, tilted star).svg|size=22px}} [[Malik Agar]]<br/>{{flagicon image|Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg}}{{flagicon image|Flag of Ethiopia (1987–1991).svg}} [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]]<br/>{{flagicon|Ethiopia|1996}} [[Meles Zenawi]]<br/>{{flagdeco|Eritrea}} [[Isaias Afwerki]]<br/>{{flagdeco|Uganda}} [[Yoweri Museveni]]
| strength1         = {{Flagdeco|Sudan}} Tens of thousands
* Ex-FAR: {{circa}} 500{{sfnp|Prunier|2004|p=377}}
| strength2         = Tens of thousands
| casualties1       = 
| casualties2       = 
| casualties3       = 1–2 million dead (mostly civilians, due to starvation and drought)
| notes             = 
| campaignbox       = {{Campaignbox Sudan internal conflicts}}
}}

The '''Second Sudanese Civil War''' was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the [[Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement|Sudan People's Liberation Army]]. It was largely a continuation of the [[First Sudanese Civil War]] of 1955 to 1972. Although it originated in southern Sudan, the civil war spread to the [[Nuba mountains]] and the [[Blue Nile]]. It lasted for almost 22 years and is one of the longest civil wars on record. The war resulted in the independence of [[South Sudan]] 6 years after the war ended.

Roughly two million people died as a result of war, [[famine]] and [[disease]] caused by the conflict. Four million people in southern Sudan were [[Refugees|displaced]] at least once, normally repeatedly during the war. The civilian death toll is one of the highest of any war since [[World War II]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041210024759/http://www.refugees.org/news/crisis/sudan.htm Sudan: Nearly 2 million dead as a result of the world's longest running civil war], U.S. Committee for Refugees, 2001. Archived 10 December 2004 on the [[Internet Archive]]. Retrieved 10 April 2007.</ref> and was marked by numerous [[Human rights|human rights violations]], including [[Slavery in Sudan|slavery]] and [[mass killing]]s.

==Background and causes==
{{Further|History of Sudan (1956–1969)|History of Sudan (1969–1985)}}
{{See also|First Sudanese Civil War}}

Wars in Sudan are often characterized as fights between the central government expanding and dominating peoples of the periphery, raising allegations of [[marginalization]]. Kingdoms and great powers based along the [[Nile River]] have fought against the people of inland Sudan for centuries. Since at least the 18th century, central governments have attempted to regulate and exploit the undeveloped southern and inland regions of Sudan.<ref>{{Citation|first=Lee J. M. |last=Seymour |url=http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v7/v7i2a29.htm |title=Review of Douglas Johnson, ''The Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars'' |journal=African Studies Quarterly |volume=7 |issue=1 |year=2003 |access-date=10 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830200205/http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v7/v7i2a29.htm |archive-date=30 August 2006 }}</ref>

Some sources describe the conflict as an [[ethnoreligious]] one where the [[Arabs|Arab]]-[[Muslim]] central government's pursuits to [[September 1983 Laws|impose Sharia law in 1983]] on non-Muslim southerners led to violence, and eventually to the civil war.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://countrystudies.us/sudan/63.htm | work=[[Library of Congress Country Studies|Country Studies]] | title=Sudan | publisher=Library of Congress | quote=The factors that provoked the military coup, primarily the closely intertwined issues of Islamic law and of the civil war in the south, remained unresolved in 1991. The September 1983 implementation of the sharia throughout the country had been controversial and provoked widespread resistance in the predominantly non-Muslim south ... Opposition to the sharia, especially to the application of hudud (sing., hadd), or Islamic penalties, such as the public amputation of hands for theft, was not confined to the south and had been a principal factor leading to the popular uprising of April 1985 that overthrew the government of Jaafar an Nimeiri | access-date=10 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/sudan/facts.html |title=PBS Frontline: "Civil war was sparked in 1983 when the military regime tried to impose sharia law as part of its overall policy to "Islamicize" all of Sudan." |publisher=Pbs.org |access-date=4 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/pdf/darfur_040707.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515104053/http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/pdf/darfur_040707.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-05-15 |quotation=The war flared again in 1983 after then-President Jaafar Nimeri abrogated the peace accord and announced he would turn Sudan into a Muslim Arab state, where Islamic law, or sharia, would prevail, including in the southern provinces. Sharia can include amputation of limbs for theft, public flogging and stoning. The war, fought between the government and several rebel groups, continued for two decades. |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|title=Sudan at War With Itself}}</ref><ref>[[Bassam Tibi|Tibi, Bassam]] (2008). ''Political Islam, World Politics and Europe''. [[Routledge]]. p. 33. "The shari'a was imposed on non-Muslim Sudanese peoples in September 1983, and since that time Muslims in the north have been fighting a jihad against the non-Muslims in the south."</ref> Douglas Johnson has pointed to exploitative governance as the root cause.{{sfnp|DeRouen|Heo|2007|p=743}}

When the British governed [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan|Sudan as a colony]] they administered the northern and southern provinces separately. The south was held to be more similar to the other [[East Africa|east-African]] colonies – [[Kenya Colony|Kenya]], [[Tanganyika Territory|Tanganyika]], and [[Protectorate of Uganda|Uganda]] – while northern Sudan was more similar to [[Arabic]]-speaking [[Egypt]]. Northern Arabs were prevented from holding positions of power in the south with its African traditions, and trade was discouraged between the two areas. However, in 1946, the British gave in to northern pressure to integrate the two areas. Arabic was made the language of administration in the south, and northerners began to hold positions there. The southern elite, trained in [[English language|English]], resented the change as they were kept out of government.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051227024857/http://home.vicnet.net.au/~sail/insudan.htm What's happening in Sudan?], Sudanese Australian Integrated Learning (SAIL) Program. Archived 27 December 2005 on the [[Internet Archive]]. Retrieved 10 April 2007.</ref> After [[decolonization]] most power was given to the northern elites based in [[Khartoum]], causing unrest in the south. The [[British Empire|British]] moved towards granting [[Sudan]] independence, but did not invite southern Sudanese leaders to participate in negotiations during the transitional period in the 1950s. In the post-colonial government of 1953, the Sudanization Committee had only six southerners in its 800 senior administrative positions.{{sfnp|DeRouen|Heo|2007|p=743}}

The second war was partially about natural resources. Between the north and the south lie significant [[petroleum|oil]] fields and thus significant foreign interests<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://books.openedition.org/cei/295|title=State and Societal Challenges in the Horn of Africa : Conflict and processes of state formation, reconfiguration and disintegration|last=Cascão|first=Ana Elisa|date=2017-08-04|publisher=Centro de Estudos Internacionais|isbn=9789898862471|editor-last=Magnólia Dias|editor-first=Alexandra|series=ebook'IS|location=Lisboa|pages=143–165|language=en}}</ref> (the oil revenue is privatized to Western interests as in [[Nigeria]]). The northerners wanted to control these resources because they live on the edge of the [[Sahara]] desert, which is unsuitable for agricultural development. Oil revenues make up about 70% of Sudan's export earnings. Due to the numerous tributaries of the [[Nile]] river and heavier [[precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]] in the south of Sudan, it has superior water access and more fertile land.

There has also been a significant amount of death from warring tribes in the south. Most of the conflict has been between [[Nuer people|Nuer]] and [[Dinka people|Dinka]] but other ethnic groups have also been involved. These tribal conflicts continued after [[South Sudan|South Sudanese]] independence.

The first civil war ended in 1972, with the [[Addis Ababa Agreement (1972)|Addis Ababa Agreement]]. Part of this agreement gave [[Religion|religious]] and [[Culture|cultural]] [[autonomy]] to the south.{{sfnp|DeRouen|Heo|2007|p=744}} Despite this a number of mutinies by former [[Anyanya]] took place in 1974, 1975, and February 1976 with the March 1975 mutiny at [[Akobo, South Sudan|Akobo]] seeing 200 killed, 150 soldiers executed, and 48 more sentenced to imprisonment for up to 15 years.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Harir, Sharif |url=https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:273412/FULLTEXT02.pdf |title=Short Cut to Decay: The Case of the Sudan |author2=Tvedt, Terje |date=1994 |publisher=Nordiska Afrikainstitutet |place=Uppsala |page=261}}</ref>

==Civil War==
===Before 1985===

====Addis Ababa Agreement ended====
[[File:Sudan political map 2000.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Map of Sudan at the time of the civil war]]

The accords of the Addis Ababa Agreement had been incorporated in the [[Constitution of Sudan]]; the violation of the agreement led to the second civil war.<ref name=Rafto>{{cite book|title=Peace in the balance: the crisis in the Sudan|author=Brian Raftopoulos and Karin Alexander|publisher=African Minds|year=2006|pages=12–13}}</ref> 

The first violations occurred when President [[Gaafar Nimeiry]] attempted to take control of [[oil field]]s straddling the north–south border. [[Petroleum|Oil]] had been discovered in [[Bentiu]] in 1978, in southern [[Kurdufan]] and Upper [[Blue Nile]] in 1979, the [[Unity oilfield]]s in 1980 and [[Adar oilfield]]s in 1981, and in [[Heglig]] in 1982. Access to the oil fields meant significant economic benefit to whoever controlled them.<ref name="Rafto" />

[[Islamism|Islamic fundamentalists]] in the north had been discontented with the Addis Ababa Agreement, which gave relative autonomy to the non-Islamic majority [[Southern Sudan autonomous region (1972–1983)|Southern Sudan Autonomous Region]]. The fundamentalists continued to grow in power, and in 1983 President Nimeiry declared all of Sudan an [[Islamic state]], terminating the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region and starting the Second Sudanese Civil War.{{sfnp|DeRouen|Heo|2007|p=745}}

====Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA)====
In May of 1983, the 1st Division's 105th Battalion in the Sudanese military mutinied in the towns of [[Bor, South Sudan]] and [[Pibor]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sudanese army smashes attempted mutiny - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/05/19/Sudanese-army-smashes-attempted-mutiny/9956422164800/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=[[United Press International|UPI]] |language=en}}</ref> Government soldiers moved to suppress the mutiny but were repulsed by the rebels.{{sfnp|Johnson|2007|p=209}}

The [[South Sudan People's Defence Forces|Sudan People's Liberation Army]] (SPLA) was founded in 1983 as a [[Rebel groups|rebel group]], to reestablish an autonomous southern Sudan by fighting against the central government. While based in southern Sudan, it identified itself as a movement for all oppressed Sudanese citizens, and was led by [[John Garang]]. Initially, the SPLA campaigned for a united Sudan, criticizing the central government for policies that were leading to national "disintegration".<ref name=Rafto/>

In September 1985 the [[Government of Sudan]] announced the end of the [[state of emergency]] and dismantled the emergency courts but soon promulgated a new judiciary act, which continued many of the practices of the emergency courts. Despite Nimeiry's public assurances that the rights of non-Muslims would be respected, southerners and other non-Muslims remained deeply suspicious.

===1985–1991===
{{Further|Transitional Military Council (1985)|History of Sudan (1986–present)}}
On 6 April 1985, senior military officers led by General [[Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab]] mounted a coup. Among the first acts of the new government was to suspend the 1983 constitution, rescind the decree declaring Sudan's intent to become an Islamic state, and disband Nimeiry's [[Sudanese Socialist Union]]. However, the "[[September 1983 Laws|September laws]]" instituting Islamic [[Sharia]] law were not suspended. 

A 15-member transitional military council was named, chaired by al-Dahab, in 1985. In consultation with an informal conference of political parties, unions, and professional organizations—known as the "Gathering"—the military council appointed an interim civilian cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Dr. [[Al-Jazuli Daf'allah]]. [[1986 Sudanese parliamentary election|Elections]] were held in April 1986, and the transitional military council turned over power to a civilian government as promised. The government was headed by Prime Minister [[Sadiq al-Mahdi]] of the [[National Umma Party Sudan|Umma Party]]. It consisted of a coalition of the Umma Party, the [[Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan)|Democratic Unionist Party]] (DUP) (formerly the National Unionist Party), the [[National Islamic Front]] (NIF) of [[Hassan al-Turabi]], and several southern region parties. This coalition dissolved and reformed several times over the next few years, with Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and his Umma Party always in a central role.

====Negotiation and escalation====
In May 1986, the Sadiq al-Mahdi government coalition began peace negotiations with the SPLA led by Col. [[John Garang]]. In that year the SPLA and a number of Sudanese political parties met in [[Ethiopia]] and agreed to the "[[Koka Dam]]" declaration, which called for abolishing Islamic Sharia law and convening a constitutional conference. In 1988, the SPLA and the DUP agreed on a peace plan calling for the abolition of military pacts with [[Egypt]] and [[Libya]], freezing of Sharia law, an end to the state of emergency, and a cease-fire. However, during this period the second civil war intensified in lethality, and the national economy continued to deteriorate. When prices of basic goods were increased in 1988, riots ensued, and the price increases were cancelled. When Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi refused to approve a peace plan reached by the DUP and the SPLA in November 1988, the DUP left the government. The new government consisted essentially of the Umma Party and the Islamic fundamentalist NIF. In February 1989, the army presented Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi with an ultimatum: he could move toward peace or be removed. He chose to form a new government with the DUP, and approved the SPLA/DUP peace plan. A constitutional conference was tentatively planned for September 1989.

====Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation====
{{main|1989 Sudanese coup d'état}}
On 30 June 1989, however, military officers under Col. [[Omar Hassan al-Bashir]], with alleged NIF instigation and support,<ref name="GSNIF-1989">{{cite web |title=National Islamic Front |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/sudan/political-parties-nif.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722135319/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/sudan/political-parties-nif.htm |archive-date=22 July 2015 |access-date=28 April 2015 |website=globalsecurity.org}}</ref> replaced Sadiq al-Mahdi's government with the [[Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation|Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation (RCC)]], a [[military junta]] of 15 military officers (reduced to 12 in 1991) assisted by a civilian cabinet. Now a General al-Bashir became: president, chief of state, prime minister, and chief of the armed forces.

The RCC banned trade unions, political parties, and other "non-religious" institutions. About 78,000 members of the army, police, and civil administration were purged in order to reshape the government.

====Criminal Act of 1991====
In March 1991, a new penal code, the [[Criminal Act 1991 (Sudan)|Criminal Act of 1991]], instituted harsh punishments nationwide, including amputations and [[stoning]]. Although the southern states were officially exempt from these Islamic prohibitions and penalties, the 1991 act provided for a possible future application of Islamic Sharia law in the south. In 1993, the government transferred most non-Muslim judges from the south to the north, replacing them with Muslim judges in the south.<ref>U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE [http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/democracy/1993_hrp_report/93hrp_report_africa/Sudan.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006082333/http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/democracy/1993_hrp_report/93hrp_report_africa/Sudan.html|date=6 October 2011}} "SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES", 1994, Section 1b, paragraph 4. Retrieved 7 February 2010</ref> The introduction of [[Public Order Police]] to enforce Sharia law resulted in the arrest, and treatment under Sharia penalties, of southerners and other non-Muslims living in the north.

===Conduct of the war: 1991–2001===
The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) was in control of large areas of [[Equatoria]], [[Bahr el Ghazal (region of South Sudan)|Bahr al Ghazal]], and [[Upper Nile, Sudan|Upper Nile]] provinces and also operated in the southern portions of [[Darfur]], [[Kordofan]], and [[Blue Nile State|Blue Nile]] provinces. The government controlled a number of the major southern towns and cities, including [[Juba]], [[Wau, South Sudan|Wau]], and [[Malakal]]. An informal cease-fire in May broke down in October 1989.

In July 1992, a government offensive seized many parts of southern Sudan, and captured the SPLA headquarters in [[Torit]].{{sfnp|DeRouen|Heo|2007|p=748}}

Both the government regular armed forces and the [[Popular Defence Forces|Popular Defense Forces]] (PDF) were used to attack and raid villages in the south and in the [[Nuba Mountains]].<ref>Sabit A. Alley, [https://web.archive.org/web/20051221045218/http://www.iabolish.com/today/features/sudan/overview1.htm War and Genocide in the Sudan], iAbolish. Paper originally delivered at "The 19th Annual Holocaust and Genocide Program: Learning Through Experience" hosted by the Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies of [[Raritan Valley College]] in New Jersey on 17 March 2001. Archived 21 December 2005 on the [[Internet Archive]]. Retrieved 10 April 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=John Pike |date= |title=Sudan - Popular Defense Force |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/sudan/pdf.htm |access-date=2015-10-27 |publisher=Globalsecurity.org}}</ref> Sudan's governments have a long history of using proxies in southern Sudan, and the north–south border areas, to fight their wars and preserve their regular forces. These militias were recruited locally, and with covert ties to the national government. Many of the Khartoum-aligned groups were created and then armed by the NIF in a deliberate 'divide and rule' strategy.<ref name=HSBA2010>Claire Mc Evoy and Emile LeBrun, Uncertain Future: Armed Violence in Southern Sudan, HSBA Working Paper No. 20, April 2010, p.13</ref> The widespread activity of insurgent and pro-government militants and increasing lawlessness in southern Sudan resulted in the militarization of many communities. Ethnic violence became widespread, and all sides targeted civilians to destroy the power bases and recruitment centers of their rivals. Those who could formed [[self-defense]] groups, and these were often based on familial and tribal links as these were the only ones most southern people could still rely on. In this way, groups like the [[Nuer White Army]] and [[Dinka Titweng|Dinka ''Titweng'']] ("cattle guard") militias came into existence.{{sfnp|LeRiche|Arnold|2013|p=101}} Even though they were originally intended to just defend civilian communities, they often became brutal gangs which targeted civilians of other ethnicities. The government and rebel groups exploited these tensions and self-defense groups, using them to destabilize their enemies.{{sfnp|Martell|2018|pp=133–134}}

The [[Sudanese Armed Forces]] became infamous for brutally suppressing all civil dissidents. People suspected of disloyalty or rebel sympathies were arrested and taken to prisons and barracks, where they were tortured and executed. Hundreds, perhaps even thousands of people were murdered at the infamous "White House" – the ''Giada'' barracks in Juba – alone.{{sfnp|Martell|2018|pp=xv–xvii}} At the same time, the SPLA ruthlessly crushed all internal and external opposition as far as possible, including other rebel factions such as the [[Anyanya II]] insurgents{{sfnp|Martell|2018|p=113}} and critics in its own ranks. Garang became infamous for his authoritarian leadership style, and ordered the torture and execution of several dissenting SPLA commanders. Over time, a growing number of SPLA members became wary of his rule, and began to conspire against him.{{sfnp|Martell|2018|pp=129–132}}

====SPLA infighting====
In August 1991, internal dissent among the rebels led opponents of Garang's leadership, most importantly [[Riek Machar]] and [[Lam Akol]], to attempt a coup against him. It failed, and the dissidents split off to form their own SPLA faction,{{sfnp|Martell|2018|pp=132–133}} the [[SPLA-Nasir]]. On 15 November 1991, Machar's SPLA-Nasir alongside the Nuer White Army carried out the [[Bor massacre]], killing an estimated 2000 [[Dinka people|Dinka]] civilians. In September 1992, [[William Nyuon Bany]] formed a second rebel faction, and in February 1993, [[Kerubino Kuanyin Bol]] formed a third rebel faction. On 5 April 1993, the three dissident rebel factions announced a coalition of their groups called [[SPLA United]] at a press conference in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]].

====Sudanese alignments====
During 1990 and 1991, the Sudanese government supported [[Saddam Hussein]] in the [[Gulf War]]. This changed American attitudes toward the country. [[Bill Clinton]]'s administration prohibited American investment in the country and supplied money to neighbouring countries to repel Sudanese incursions. The US also began attempts to "isolate" Sudan and began referring to it as a [[rogue state]].

Since 1993, the leaders of [[Eritrea]], Ethiopia, [[Uganda]], and Kenya have pursued a peace initiative for Sudan under the auspices of the [[Intergovernmental Authority on Development]] (IGAD), but results have been mixed. Despite that record, the IGAD initiative promulgated the 1994 [[Declaration of Principles]] (DOP) that aimed to identify the essential elements necessary to a just and comprehensive peace settlement; i.e. the relationship between religion and the state, power-sharing, wealth-sharing, and the right of self-determination for the south. The Sudanese Government did not sign the DOP until 1997 after major battlefield losses to the SPLA.

====SPLA alignments====
{{Further|Khartoum Peace Agreement of 1997|Operation Thunderbolt (1997)|War of the Peters}}
In 1995, the opposition in the north united with parties from the south to create a coalition of opposition parties called the [[National Democratic Alliance (Sudan)|National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA). This development opened a northeastern front to the civil war, making it a Sudan wide conflict rather than simply a north–south conflict. The SPLA, DUP, and Umma Parties were the key groups forming the NDA, along with several smaller parties and northern ethnic groups.{{sfnp|DeRouen|Heo|2007|p=745}}

In 1995, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Uganda stepped up their military assistance to the SPLA to the point of sending active troops into Sudan. Eritrean and Ethiopian military involvement weakened when the two countries entered a border conflict in 1998. Uganda's support weakened when it shifted its attention to the conflict in the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]].<ref name=Rafto2/>

[[File:Southern Sudan Frontlines June 2001.svg|thumb|upright=1.1|Frontlines in Southern Sudan, June 2001]]

By 1997, seven groups in the government camp, led by former Garang lieutenant [[Riek Machar]], signed the [[Khartoum Peace Agreement of 1997|Khartoum Peace Agreement]] with the NIF, thereby forming the largely symbolic [[South Sudan Defence Forces]] (SSDF) umbrella.<ref name=HSBA2010 /> Furthermore, the government signed the [[Nuba Mountains]], and [[Fashoda]] agreements with rebel factions. These included the Khartoum agreements that ended military conflict between the government and significant rebel factions. Many of those leaders then moved to Khartoum where they assumed marginal roles in the central government, or collaborated with the government in military engagements against the SPLA. These three agreements paralleled the terms and conditions of the IGAD agreement, calling for a degree of autonomy for the south and the right of self-determination.{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}} Nevertheless, the SPLA made major advances in 1997 due to the success of [[Operation Thunderbolt (1997)|Operation Thunderbolt]], an offensive during which the southern Sudanese separatists seized most of [[Central Equatoria|Central]] and [[Western Equatoria]] from the government.{{sfnp|Johnson|2007|p=209}}{{sfnp|Prunier|2004|p=377}}{{sfnp|Prunier|2009|p=133}}{{sfnp|LeRiche|Arnold|2013|p=104}}

In July 2000, the Libyan/Egyptian [[Joint Initiative on the Sudan]] called for the establishment of an interim government, power-sharing, constitutional reform, and new elections. Southern critics objected to the joint initiative because it neglected to address issues of the relationship between religion and the state and failed to mention the right of self-determination. Some critics viewed it as more aimed at a resolution among northern political parties and protecting the perceived security interests of [[Egypt]] over the unity of Sudan.

===Later operations and peace agreement of 2005===
Peace talks between the southern rebels and the government made substantial progress in 2003 and early 2004, although skirmishes in parts of the south continued. A [[Comprehensive Peace Agreement]] was signed on 9 January 2005 in [[Nairobi]]. The terms of the peace treaty were:<ref>[http://www.iss.co.za/af/profiles/Sudan/darfur/cpaprov.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609170106/http://www.iss.co.za/af/profiles/Sudan/darfur/cpaprov.htm|date=9 June 2011}}</ref>

*The south had autonomy for six years, followed by a referendum on independence (the [[2011 South Sudanese independence referendum]]).
*Both sides of the conflict would have merged portions of their armed forces into a 39,000-strong force after six years (the [[Joint Integrated Units]]), if the southern Sudanese independence referendum had turned out against secession.
*Oil revenues were divided equally between the government and SPLA during the six-year autonomy period.
*Jobs were split according to varying ratios (central administration: 70 to 30, [[Abyei]]/[[Blue Nile (state)|Blue Nile State]]/[[Nuba Mountains]]: 55 to 45, both in favour of the government).
*Islamic [[Sharia]] law was applied in the north, while terms of use of Sharia in the south were decided by the elected assembly.

The status of three central and eastern provinces was a point of contention in the negotiations.

According to the SPLA, about 2 million people had died in southern Sudan alone due to the war.{{sfnp|Martell|2018|p=14}}

== Post-Civil War effects ==

=== Economy ===
The Second Sudanese Civil War destroyed many sectors of economic activity. The sector with the most damage is the agriculture sector. The conflict forced many farmers to escape the violence and abandon their farmland. Agriculture projects that were meant to improve cultivation methods, some that were funded by the [[United Nations]], were terminated because they were destroyed or people stopped working; such projects include a pump-irrigation system. Additionally, the "animal wealth" of the farmers significantly decreased. Over six million [[Cattle|cows]], two million [[sheep]], and one million [[goat]]s were killed during the war.{{sfnp|Brauer|Gissy|2017|p=238}}

A different sector that was affected by the conflict was the [[Secondary sector of the economy|industrial sector]], which consists of manufacturing and processing. Manufacturing facilities were unable to produce essential materials, including [[soap]], [[textile]]s, [[sugar]], and [[Convenience food|processed foods]]. Processed-foods facilities include the [[Food preservation|preservation of foods]], such as [[canning]] fruits and vegetables, and [[vegetable oil]] production.{{sfnp|Brauer|Gissy|2017|pp=238–239}}

Poverty continued to climb and significantly impacted people in rural areas. The destroyed agriculture sector was the primary source of income for about 8 out of 10 households. Living in a rural region is also associated with a lower quality of life because residents lack access to basic services and economic opportunities and job opportunities.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Utz |first1=Pape |last2=Arden |first2=Finn |date=April 23, 2019 |title=How conflict and economic crises exacerbate poverty in South Sudan |url=https://blogs.worldbank.org/africacan/how-conflict-and-economic-crises-exacerbate-poverty-in-south-sudan |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=blogs.worldbank.org |publisher=World Bank |language=en}}</ref>

=== Infrastructure ===
Before the war, Sudan did not have a comprehensive infrastructure system. It lacked roads, bridges, and communications, and led to the existing infrastructure being destroyed. Critical infrastructure, like waterways and canals, were destroyed by [[airstrike]]s.{{sfnp|Brauer|Gissy|2017|pp=239–240}}

=== Education ===

==== In Sudan ====
When Sudan entered war, education funding was reduced and reallocated to military and security forces.{{sfnp|Lai|Thyne|2007|p=278}} Sudan's military spending increased from 10 percent to 20 percent, while reducing education spending and other areas.{{sfnp|Lai|Thyne|2007|p=280}} Following the war, education was less likely to be funded, less educators were available due to death or injury, and education facilities were destroyed.{{sfnp|Lai|Thyne|2007|pp=278–280}}

==== In South Sudan ====
As of 2015 42 percent of South Sudan's budget is allocated to military and security expenditures. In the same year, only 35 percent of the teachers in South Sudan had a primary-level of education.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Etim |first=Linda |date=March 9, 2015 |title=The Urgency of Education in South Sudan |url=https://blog.usaid.gov/2015/03/the-urgency-of-education-in-south-sudan/ |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527231358/https://blog.usaid.gov/2015/03/the-urgency-of-education-in-south-sudan/ |archive-date=2022-05-27 |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=blog.usaid.gov |publisher=USAID}}</ref> An additional obstacles students face is the forced recruitment into armed militias and state military. According to a United Nations report, 50 percent of South Sudanese children do not attend school. Boys and girls, who are in schools, are abducted by soldiers and forced to join the military or armed rebel groups. When they are taken, most girls are raped by their captors and those who resist are killed. Boys are "castrated and sexually mutilated". According to a United Nations report, an estimated 430 children were victims of sexual violence through military recruitment in South Sudan.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Lynch |first=Justin |date=April 1, 2017 |title=South Sudan's civil war creates a new lost generation |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2017/04/01/south-sudan-civil-war-creates-new-lost-generation/IR7Pw3g9mU3NILqsWicNFK/story.html |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=BostonGlobe.com}}</ref> [[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]] continues to work on educational initiatives, including granting 9,000 scholarships to boys and girls. They also have over a dozen educational projects and have constructed 140 primary-level schools and four secondary schools.<ref name=":6" /> Over 1.4 million students attend or are involved in USAID educational programs in the region.<ref name=":6" />

=== Environment ===
Historically, disputes in Sudan have been over fertile land and water. Oil became a point of dispute following its discovery in Sudan.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kebbede |first=Girma |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42841678 |title=Sudan's predicament : Civil War, displacement and ecological degradation |date=1 June 1999 |publisher=Ashgate |others=Girma Kebbede |isbn=978-0754610205 |location=Aldershot, Hampshire, England |language=en |oclc=42841678}}</ref> However, despite the availability of oil, Sudan experiences the [[Resource curse|paradox of the plenty]], a phenomenon that occurs when a country has plentiful natural resources—in this case, oil—but struggles to fully compete economically.

Because of displacement, refugees who fled their destroyed homes cut down forests to survive. They used the wood for fuel, building materials, and to find food.{{sfnp|Brauer|Gissy|2017|pp=240–241}}

=== People ===

==== Refugees and displacement ====
The war destroyed towns that were once centers of culture and economic activity. Much of the culture of the southern Sudanese was lost when they fled north as refugees. Tribes and groups that remained in the area fortified their claim on territory and entered into conflict with one another.{{sfnp|Brauer|Gissy|2017|p=241}} In a 2019 article in ''Ethnopolitics'', Jana Krouse goes over how violence and instability leads to the outward flow of displaced people. Specifically, Krouse's article explains how communal violence in South Sudan is intensified and prolonged by the broader instability and regional crises.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Krause |first=Jana |date=31 July 2019 |title=Stabilization and Local Conflicts: Communal and Civil War in South Sudan |journal=Ethnopolitics |volume=18 |issue=5 |pages=478–493|doi=10.1080/17449057.2019.1640505 |s2cid=201398703 |doi-access=free |hdl=11245.1/1089c39b-be53-4dd5-8500-3d38516f5366 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

Refugee flow continues well past 2012, when "South Sudan–Sudan: State of Emergency" was published. Tensions between the North Sudanese government and the SPLA continued decades after the first wave of displaced peoples fled from South Sudan. Refugees who relocated to other parts of South Sudan soon after faced threats of violence and oftentimes became displaced again.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

The continuity of violence across South Sudan has defined the attitudes of South Sudanese living in Khartoum. A University of Khartoum article describes these displaced people as "angry, sad, and disappointed" with the status of South Sudan. The author describes the South Sudanese people as "transnational" and "diasporic"; referring to how widespread displaced people moved as a result of the Second Sudanese Civil War.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

==== Women's experience ====
During the war, women were heavily supporting the communities and people impacted by the war. Women organized food drives, cooked meals, delivered supplies, cared for the wounded, parented orphans, and assisted the elderly.<ref name=":7">{{Cite journal |last=Edward |first=Jane Kani |date=2019-04-04 |title=Reconfiguring the South Sudanese Women's Movement |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/haww/17/1/article-p55_3.xml |journal=Hawwa |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=55–84 |doi=10.1163/15692086-12341345 |s2cid=164980795 |issn=1569-2078}}</ref> While male-leaders limited the type of work women to traditional societal roles, the male-leaders promised to change the gender relations during peacetime and after the war.<ref name=":7" />

When the war ended, women engaged in their own organizing, coalition-building, and advocacy—as they had done during the civil war.<ref name=":7" /> Women advocated for social change and issues directly impacting women, such as "sexual and gender-based abuse", education, healthcare, and "access to law and justice".<ref name=":7" /> The increased political involvement enabled the [[Politics of South Sudan|Government of South Sudan]] to implement an affirmative action policy, in which 25 percent of representation in all levels of government must be allocated to women.<ref name=":7" /> Women involved in state affairs led to the founding of multiple advocacy organizations, including the South Sudanese Women Empowerment Network and South Sudanese Women United.<ref name=":7" /> These groups have projects around the world, including the United States.<ref name=":7" />

==Foreign interventions==
In 1999, Egypt and [[Libya]] initiated the Egypt-Libya Initiative (ELI). By this time the peace process of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD) had reached a stalemate. The ELI's main purpose had been to bring members of the non-southern opposition (especially opposition in the north) aboard the talks. However, as the ELI avoided contentious issues, such as secession, it lacked support from the SPLA, but the NDA leadership accepted it. By 2001, the ELI had been unable to bring about any agreement between the parties.<ref name="Rafto2">{{cite book |author=Raftopoulos |first1=Brian |title=Peace in the balance: the crisis in the Sudan |last2=Alexander |first2=Karin |publisher=Institute for Justice and Reconciliation |year=2006 |isbn=978-0958500296 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |page=19 |language=en}}</ref>

In September 2001, former [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[John Danforth]] was appointed Special Envoy to the Sudan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=President Appoints Danforth as Special Envoy to the Sudan |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010906-3.html |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov}}</ref> His role was to explore the prospects of the US playing a role in ending Sudan's civil war and to enhance humanitarian services delivery that could help reduce the suffering of the Sudanese people.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Sudan (03/03) |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/sudan/30213.htm |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=U.S. Department of State}}</ref>

In March 1989, following internal outcry, the government of Sadiq al-Mahdi agreed with the United Nations and donor nations (including the US) on a plan called [[Operation Lifeline Sudan]] (OLS), under which some 100,000 tons of food was moved into both government and SPLA-held areas of Sudan. The OLS helped avert widespread starvation.<ref name=":9" /> In 1990 Sudan faced the start of a 2-year drought and [[Economic shortage|food shortage]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 November 1990 |title=Sudan Nationwide Famine |url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/pdfs/s/sudan/sudan90n.pdf |access-date=17 October 2023 |website=Human Rights Watch}}</ref> leading to Phase II of the OLS being approved by both the Government of Sudan and the SPLA.<ref name=":9" /> The US, UN, and other donors attempted to mount a coordinated international relief effort in both north and south Sudan to prevent a catastrophe. However, due to Sudan's human rights abuses and its pro-Iraqi stance during the Gulf War, many donors cut much of their aid to the Sudan. In a similar drought in 2000 and 2001, the international community again attempted to avert mass starvation in Sudan.<ref name=":9" />

The US government's [[Sudan Peace Act]] of 21 October 2002 accused Sudan of [[genocide]] for killing more than 2 million civilians in the south during the civil war since 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 October 2002 |title=Sudan Peace Act |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-107publ245/pdf/PLAW-107publ245.pdf |access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref>

==Arms suppliers==
Prior to the start of the war, the United States had been a major supplier of arms to Sudan but after the start of the war, American assistance dropped, and was eventually cancelled in 1987.<ref>[http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-13451.html Sudan – Foreign Military Assistance], Library of Congress Country Study ([http://www.country-data.com/frd/cs/sdtoc.html TOC]), research completed June 1991. Retrieved 10 April 2007.</ref>

During the 1980s, East Germany supplied the SPLA with AK-47s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Doki |first=Charlton |date=2014-10-02 |title='Africa's arms dump': following the trail of bullets in the Sudans |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/02/-sp-africa-arms-dump-south-sudan |access-date=2023-10-18 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In November 1993, Iran was reported to have financed Sudan's purchase of some 20 Chinese ground-attack aircraft. Iran pledged $17 million in financial aid to the Sudanese government, and arranged for $300 million in Chinese arms to be delivered to the Sudanese army.<ref name="weekly">{{cite web|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/401vcvba.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122124454/http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/401vcvba.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 January 2009|title=A Deadly Love Triangle|access-date=8 November 2015}}</ref>

Meanwhile, the rebel SPLA was supplied weapons via [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], and [[Uganda]]. The Israeli embassy in Kenya also supplied [[anti-tank missile]]s to the rebels.{{sfnp|DeRouen|Heo|2007|p=742}}

==Child soldiers==
Armies from all sides enlisted children in their ranks. The 2005 agreement required that child soldiers be demobilized and sent home. The SPLA claimed to have let go 16,000 of its child soldiers between 2001 and 2004. However, international observers (UN and Global Report 2004) have found demobilized children have often been re-recruited by the SPLA. As of 2004, there were between 2,500 and 5,000 children serving in the SPLA. The SPLA promised to demobilize all children by the end of 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=SPLA to demobilize all child soldiers by end of the year |url=http://www.sudantribune.com/SPLA-to-demobilize-all-child,36125 |work=[[Sudan Tribune]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215035106/http://www.sudantribune.com/SPLA-to-demobilize-all-child,36125 |archive-date=15 February 2011 }}</ref>

The [[Nuer White Army]], a minor participant in the war in the [[Greater Upper Nile]] region, consisted largely of armed [[Nuer people|Nuer]] youths, but it was principally self-organised and often operated autonomously of both elders' authority and the dictates of the major factions.<ref name="sas">{{cite web|url=http://www.smallarmssurveysudan.org/pdfs/HSBA-SWP-5-White-Army.pdf|publisher=Small Arms Survey|title=The White Army: An Introduction and Overview|first=John|last=Young|date=June 2007|access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref>

=== Notable literary works ===
In the late 1980s, the Second Sudanese Civil War uprooted around 20,000 South Sudanese boys. They walked thousands of miles through Ethiopia to the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Some estimates claim that nearly half of the refugees died along the way due to starvation, dehydration and disease. Once in Kenya, the South Sudanese refugees were accepted into various foreign countries, roughly 4,000 of whom came to the United States. These 4,000 young men pursued higher education and eventually became scholars and authors in their own rights. In 2004, James Disco and Susan Clark created the graphic novel "Echoes of the Lost Boys", which tells the story of four South Sudanese young men as they integrate into American society.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Disco |first1=James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UdtBEAAAQBAJ |title=Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan |last2=Clark |first2=Susan |date=2011-07-07 |publisher=BrownBooks.ORM |isbn=978-1-61254-884-5 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2006, Dave Eggers published ''[[What Is the What]]'', a fictional autobiography written from the perspective of Valentino Achak Deng. Valentino Achak Deng is a fictionalized South Sudanese refugee that came to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan Program. The book was a finalist for National Book of the Year.

These works highlight the continued struggles of people affected by the Second Sudanese Civil War as they attempt to integrate themselves in foreign societies. The main characters in both works struggled against racism, poverty and trauma as they attempted to construct new lives in the United States.

[[Emmanuel Jal]]'s autobiography ''War Child: A Child Soldier's'' revolves around Jal's experience as a child soldier during the civil war. It also reveals the internal conflicts of the SPLA that are overlooked. <ref>{{Cite book |last=Jal |first=Emmanuel |title=War Child: A Child Soldier's Story |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |date=2 February 2010 |isbn=978-0312602970 |language=en}}</ref>

==Revival of slavery==

During the war the [[Sudanese Armed Forces]] revived the use of enslavement as a weapon against the south,{{sfnp|Jok|2010|p=32}} and particularly [[Christians|Christian]] prisoners of war,<ref name=":10">{{Cite journal |date=2001 |title=Review: Black Slavery in the Twenty-First Century |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/i326191 |journal=The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education |issue=31 |pages=138 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> on the basis that Islamic law purportedly allowed it.{{sfnp|Ali|2015|p=53}}

[[Muraheleen]], armed [[Baggara Arabs|Baggara]] herders, were enlisted as militia by the Sudanese government as a low cost part of its counterinsurgency war against the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), which was identified with the Dinka tribe of southern Sudan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Slavery and Slave Redemption in the Sudan (Human Rights Watch Backgroudner, March, 2002) |url=https://www.hrw.org/legacy/backgrounder/africa/sudanupdate.htm |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=www.hrw.org}}</ref> These militias often destroyed Christian villages, executed all their males and then took the women and children as slaves.<ref name=":10" /> The first slave raid on the [[Dinka]] took place in February 1986.{{sfnp|Jok|2010|p=25}} Two thousand women and children were taken. In a second raid, in February 1987, one thousand women and children were taken. Once the raiders acquired enough booty they would distribute the captives between themselves and their families. The raids continued every year after.{{sfnp|Jok|2010|p=26}}

[[Dinka]] girls kept in northern Sudanese households were used as [[sexual slavery|sex slaves]].{{sfnp|Jok|2010|p=35}} Some of them were sold in [[Libya]]. Western visitors noted that at slave markets, five or even more slaves could be bought for one rifle. Near the peak of the civil war in 1989, female black slaves were sold for 90 dollars at the slave markets. Several years later, the price of an average female black slave had dropped to $15. Many Western organisations traveled to Sudan with funds to purchase and emancipate these enslaved captives.<ref name=":10" />

== See also ==

*[[Lost Boys of Sudan]]
*[[Lost Boys of Sudan (film)]]
*[[They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky]]
*[[A Long Walk to Water]]

==References==
===Notes===
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===Citations===
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|isbn=9780852553923
}}
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{{refend}}

== Further reading ==
*{{cite book 
|last= Srinivasan
|first= Sharath
|year= 2021
|title= When Peace Kills Politics: International Intervention and Unending Wars in the Sudans
|location= London
|publisher= Hurst & Co
|url= https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/peace-kills-politics/
|isbn= 9780197602720
}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Beswick |first=Stephanie F. |date=1991 |title=The Addis Ababa Agreement: 1972-1983 Harbinger of the Second Civil War in the Sudan |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43660097 |journal=Northeast African Studies |volume=13 |issue=2/3 |pages=191–215 |jstor=43660097 |issn=0740-9133}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060719012357/http://www.cfr.org/publication/7714/africa.html Background Q & A: The Darfur Crisis], Esther Pan, [[Council on Foreign Relations]], cfr.org
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060725230358/http://www.globalpolitician.com/articles.asp?ID=340 Price of Peace in Africa: Agreement in Sudan Between Government and Rebel]
* [https://www.ryanspencerreed.com/ Photojournalist's Account] – Displacement of Sudan's second civil war
*[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/africa_sudan_trek/html/1.stm In pictures: Sudan trek – of returning refugees after the war], [[BBC]], 14 June 2005
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/30/AR2005073000653.html With Peace, Sudan Faces Hard Choices], [[Washington Post]], 28 July 2005
* [https://www.nubamountains.com/ The Nuba Mountains Homepage]
* [https://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/6/21/ACNS4883 Bishop calls for Churchwide day of prayer and fasting for an end to Sudan violence on 26 June 2011] – leading up to 9 July expected day of [[South Sudanese independence referendum, 2011|new independence for the Southern Sudan]].

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