ARMED CONFLICT AND POPULATION DISPLACEMENT, A STUDY OF SUDAN CRISIS

Abstract

The growing number of incidents of armed conflicts in Africa has become alarming and a source of worry to all as it has caused serious loss of lives and properties and among other things, led to massive exodus of people from their homes and to different African countries to another. Using the Sudan conflict as a focal point, this study examined the armed conflict and its consequent population displacement in Africa. The study observed that the conflict which has its origin in the recorded history of Sudan was heightened by the subsequent cry of marginalization by some sections of Sudan. The conflict has led to adverse upsurge of population displacement which invariably produced child mortality issues, diseases, illiteracy and child soldiering among other issues. The study also looked at the impact of population displacement on the Sudanese and investigated the role of the government in the conflict. Using qualitative method of data collection, the study concludes that; first, the government played an encouraging role in the substance of the conflict; second, the conflict has displaced over four million people including the women and children (vulnerable). Finally, the study takes a position that until the government rise up to the challenges facing it to objectively solve the problem, and looking the condition of the displaced and see to their subsequent reintegration, peace might be elusive in Sudan and indeed total destruction of the fabric of the country might be emergent and imminent.