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date: 25 March 2023

Sudan: Soldiers and Civilians, 1958–2019locked

Sudan: Soldiers and Civilians, 1958–2019locked

  • Peter WoodwardPeter WoodwardDepartment of Politics and International Relations, University of Reading

Summary

Sudan has had an unstable relationship between soldiers and civilians since shortly after it came to independence in 1956. This has resulted in three military coups, in 1958, 1969, and 1989, all of which gave rise to successful, peaceful civilian resistance seeking democratic government in 1964, 1985, and 2018. In the south of the country, two lengthy civil wars started under periods of military rule and resulted in separation and the creation of South Sudan in 2011, in which the very definition of “soldiers” and “civilians” is central to continuing conflicts.

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  • History and Politics

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