Sudan was split into 2 countries less than a year ago as the long civil war between the mostly muslim North and the mostly pagan (technically, animist) and Christian-led South apparently ended. Oil was involved, with South Sudan getting most of the country’s oil fields, but North Sudan received the country’s biggest and most valuable oilfield, at Heglig.
In the year since South Sudan’s independence, the tensions between the two countries continues including low-level military skirmishes, which meant that oil production in both the North and the South is virtually non-existent and neither country is able to benefit from the peace.
What caused the latest crisis
South Sudan recently invaded and took over the Heglig oilfield but withdrew under international pressure after eating back Northern counter attacks.
North Sudan is furious about the invasion and is vowing to punish the South.
What’s going to happen?
Given the total stalemate that was the Sudanese civil war, not much military, except a lot of Africans, military and civilians alike, will die some brutal, horrible deaths.
It is such a pity that a continent that is so blessed with natural resources has the kind of people who want to destroy anything and everything. while partly the blame lies with the people there, we should not forget the colonizers who created countries without taking into account the tribe loyalties and the like.
How I wish Africa to grow and prosper...
i think north sudan is more powerful than south sudan.........
It is without doubt more powerful, but not powerful enough to win. The North tried to defeat the south for over a decade but failed and ended up accepting the peace that led the country being divided. Nothing has really changed in the military situation of either side since then, so we can only expect the stalemate to continue.