Civil War in Sudan: The Impact of Environmental Degradation

Author(s): Mohamed Suliman
Editor(s): Günter Bächler, Kurt R. Spillmann
Series: CSS Environment and Conflicts Project
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Publisher(s): ENCOP is an international project on violence and conflicts caused by environmental degradation. © 1992 Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 1992

This paper examines the impact of ecological degradation on the Sudanese civil war. Since the 1950s the nature of the civil war has gradually changed from being a classic ethno-religious conflict to one mainly over resources. The author provides a historical summary of the conflict's origins, analyzes those forces that have shaped its evolution, and argues that for a lasting peace to be found, it is best understood as a result of opposing political approaches to the reality of diminishing natural resources.

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