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Sudan and the Nile Spring: Raptures of Hope and the Uncertain Road Ahead

” After gaining independence, Sudan had two challenges: a powerful military structure/class that was inherited from colonial Britain (and that was unwilling to yield power to a civilian government); and what was perceived as the ‘‘southern problem’’ – the south of the country being a Christian majority that wanted to secede compared to the Arabanized African Muslims of the north.

The Indecisive 2018 Election Results and the Prospect of Civil War in Iraq

Hassan Jihad, a leader in the Coalition of Justice and Democracy in Northern Iraq (Kurdistan), led by Barham Sali, said on June 7 that the decisions of the parliament on the elections restored confidence in the elections and institutions: “The re-counting and manual counting and the application of recent measures will change the number of seats and the results of opposition parties.

The Unknown Side of Boko Haram: How a Salafi Group Spread in Historically Sufi Northern Nigeria

It is true that widespread poverty leaves millions of people impoverished; economic inequality and weak political structures trigger ethno-religious conflicts and violence between the Christian dominated South and the Muslim dominated North; epidemic corruption wipes out the country's development; and the poor education system fails to transform northern Nigeria through the education of new generations.