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Second Civil War In South Sudan In The 1980's

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In the 1980’s, a war struck South Sudan. A Civil War broke out, causing most of the Sudanese population to leave. In this war many young boys were forced to join i on the fighting.Sudanese men, women, and kids had to come to the United states because of the civil war.
One reason is because of the second Civil War. In this war two million people died and four million people were displaced.(Forced to cross a national boundaries and cannot return home safely.) The reason the second Civil War in South Sudan started was because of the first Civil War. That was a conflict of regional autonomy. The British failed to guarantee equity in government representation for the South African-Christians. A result of this war was independence of the Republic

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