Why Sudan Split in Two - Sudan’s 22-Year Civil War Explained

🎥 Watch 300+ exclusive videos on Youtube►    / @kingsandgenerals   or Patreon ►   / kingsandgenerals   Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on Modern Affairs continues with a video on the Second Civil War in Sudan in 1983-2005. Sudan’s first civil war ended in 1972, but the peace never solved the country’s deepest divisions. Southern autonomy remained limited, oil became a new source of conflict, and President Nimeiry’s decision to impose Sharia law helped push Sudan back into war in 1983. This video explains how the Second Sudanese Civil War began, why John Garang’s SPLA became such a powerful guerrilla force, and how Khartoum’s army relied on militias, oil revenue, and scorched-earth tactics to keep control. We follow the war from the Bor mutiny and the rise of the SPLA, through the devastating 1991 split between Garang and Riek Machar, to the late-1990s rebel comeback, Operation Thunderbolt, the battle for oilfields, Darfur’s catastrophe, and the final negotiations that produced the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. This was not just a North-versus-South conflict. It was a chaotic war of shifting alliances, foreign intervention, ethnic violence, oil politics, and failed attempts at decisive victory. After decades of bloodshed, Sudan accepted autonomy for the South—setting the stage for the 2011 independence referendum, the birth of South Sudan, and new conflicts that would continue long after the peace treaty was signed, reshaping Sudan, South Sudan, and the wider region for generations. South Africa’s Long War in Angola -    • South Africa’s Long War in Angola   Rhodesian Bush War 1964-1979 - Zimbabwean Independence War -    • Rhodesian Bush War 1964-1979 - Zimbabwean ...   India and Pakistan - All Wars -    • India and Pakistan - All Wars DOCUMENTARY   War in Ukraine -    • Russian Invasion of Ukraine   Pacific War Series:    • How Europe Colonized Asia - Pacific War #0...   Cold War channel:    / @thecoldwartv   Modern Warfare series:    • Modern Warfare   Script: Turgut Gambar Video: Max Kuzmitchev Narration: Liam Taylor ✔ Merch store ► https://teespring.com/stores/kingsand... ✔ Patreon ►   / kingsandgenerals   ✔ Podcast ► http://www.kingsandgenerals.net/podcast/ ✔ PayPal ► http://paypal.me/kingsandgenerals ✔ Twitter ►   / kingsgenerals   Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V... 00:00:00 - Why Sudan Fell Back Into War 00:01:22 - Autonomy, Oil and Sharia 00:03:06 - The SPLA Rebellion Begins 00:05:16 - The SPLA Splits Apart 00:08:44 - Garang’s Counteroffensive 00:10:47 - Oil, Militias and Diplomacy 00:13:53 - Why Neither Side Could Win 00:17:41 - Peace, Partition and Independence #Documentary #Sudan #Africa