Thu Apr 27, 2023 – 2:17 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — As President Joe Biden orders U.S. troops to the region, it is timely to ask precisely what has led to the unfolding civil war in Sudan.
Creating a failed state
Sudan was divided into Sudan – and South Sudan – following a U.S.-backed referendum in 2011, which led to a five year civil war in the region (pictured below). As The New York Times reported in February 2023:
The new country was cheered on in 2011 by the American diplomats who had midwifed its delivery and the Hollywood celebrities who championed its cause.
A 2015 report for The Guardian on the “creation of a kleptocracy” in South Sudan noted:
Wikileaks cables confirm that U.S. administrations were deeply involved in funding all sides of the brutal war that led to the 2011 independence.
Two years later, civil war broke out, with the U.S.-backed rebels fighting until 2018. Following an uncertain power sharing agreement, the region remains fraught with political violence. The youngest nation in the world, South Sudan is predominantly Christian, in contrast to Sudan – which is 90 percent Moslem.
South Sudan is the
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