Sudan

Sudan has been ruled by Britain since in 1881, at which time Britain colonialized Sudan. However, in 1899, Britain and Egypt made a deal and agreed to rule Sudan together. They ruled for over 20 years, but then they thought of something else. In the 1920's, they started a closed door policy. This was established to keep the people and cultures of North and South Sudan away from each other. The people in North Sudan were mostly of Arab descent, while the people in South Sudan were primarily African. They were kept separate. However, Sudan gained independence from Britain and Egypt in 1956. They got rid of the closed door policy, reuniting North and South. The power was handed to the Arabs from the North, so they ruled the people. They thought that Sudan was an Arabic country, so they began to force the South to do things their way. They imposed Islamic culture and religion on the Africans. Those who protested this act and resisted were stripped of many of their rights. Cultural, racial, and religious tensions were created as a result of these policies. Eventually, a civil war erupted causing many of Sudan's indigenous people of the South to be displaced and their population to decrease. I don't know what can be done to rectify this situation, but I think that if the North and South can figure out a way to work together, we can stop the crisis in Sudan.