And Sudan Turns 52!

by Drima on January 3, 2008

Yup! This post was actually supposed to be published two days ago but hey it’s never too late. Kizzie makes a depressingly excellent observation:

1/1/2008- Sudan turns 52.

We should also celebrate the fact that since 1956, Sudan was at peace for about 11 years!

Thanks for the reminder! The struggle continues. I think it’s time to recycle the following post for those who missed it:

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 kizzie 01.03.08 at 6:46 pm: oh sorry didn’t meab to depress u! balad na7s!
2 Rara Avis 01.04.08 at 2:15 am: Not only Sudan, but half of its citizens who share the same birthday, the first of Jan

tukhuluf :-S
3 Andrew Brehm 01.17.08 at 11:48 am: Drima,

Sudan isn’t independent.

What happened was that England and Egypt handed over rule over many peoples to one of the tribes in Sudan. Bashir and his folk are independent, most of Sudan is not.

I do not believe that the Christians of southern Sudan or the people in Darfur or even the Nubians feel “independent”. And I am sure that many of them, if not perhaps the majority, very much preferred English rule.