The Civil War of Sudan

The Civil War of Sudan started in 1983 and ended in 2005.  It was the second war they had.  It was located in Southern Sudan.  It was one of the longest and deadliest wars in the later part of the 20th century.  About 1.9 million civilians were killed and 4 million southerners were forced out of their country.  The fight was between the southern non-Arab populations and the government.  The war started because some of the states wanted to overthrow the Sudan Government.  They wanted to put in its place an opposition group.  Sudan has two major cultures.  They are Arab and African American.  So this caused major opposition between the two groups.  Most of the Northern parts of Sudan (cover most of Sudan) are Arab speaking Muslims.  The southern region had no independence and was neglected seriously.  A Peace Agreement was signed in the end on January 9, 2005.  It said that the south will have freedom for six years, followed by a referendum on secession, they will merge their armies together to make a strong army if referendum doesn't work out, money from the oilfields is to be split evenly, jobs split according to varying ratios, and Islamic laws remain in the north and they get to make up their own in the south.  That is the The Second Sudanese Civil War.

Info:
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Second_Sudanese_Civil_War
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/sudan.htm
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5424.htm