The Sudanese civil conflict, 1969-1985

Abstract

The resolution of the Sudanese conflict, one of the longest and deadliest civil wars in Africa, continues to perplex human imagination. Leadership, as a necessary factor in nation-building, has not met the expectations of the Sudanese people. These expectations include the quest for political stability, national security, and a peaceful government that is capable of leading the nation to economic prosperity. From 1969 to 1985, Jaafar el Nimeiry dominated historical, political, social, and economic factors whose interplay led to the resumption of the civil war in 1983. This book greatly contributes to national and international understanding of conflicts related to nation-building processes. The voiceless, downtrodden, and the powerful have all expressed their views about the conflict. « Catherine Jendia's book is very relevant in the Sudanese/African contexts and will contribute greatly to humankind beyond Sudan because of the philosophical and theological challenges Jendia writes about. Ideally, Islam and Christianity provide people with holistic guidance toward the attainment of rights to holistic survival, right thinking, and strategies toward the attainment of balance between all the different clusters of buman rights. (Prof. A.B.T. Byaruhanga-Akiiki, Editor, 'African World Religions: A Grassroots Perspective') « Catherine Jendia's book, 'The Sudanese Civil Conflict 1969-1985', is highly recommended to politicians, religious leaders, training institutions, and students of arts and social sciences. This book investigates into the historical roots of Sudanese conflicts and challenges leadership to critically think of possible nonviolent means of ending the longest runningcivil war of the twenty-first century. (Dr. R. K. Deusdedit Nkurunziza, Author of 'Bantu Philosophy of Life, a Basis for African Vitalistic Theology' (Peter Lang, 1989)