Sudan bars southern parties

Northern Sudan has outlawed 17 different political parties. The claim is that these parties are from the South and now have no place in Northern Sudanese politics.

The party hit the hardest was the SPLM-N0rth. SPLM rebels led to the successful seceded of the South this summer.

The 17 parties are now considered, "foreign parties" The government has taken away Sudanese citizenship of some of the party leaders.

Following fighting near the borders between the SPLM and government troops the SPLM offices have been shut down, and many of the members arrested. The north is accusing the south of supporting the SPLM-north, South Sudan has denied this claim.

It seems that even with the split of the North and South there are many areas which have not settled down. The differences in ethnic groups, religions, and politics are so spread out throughout the country, simply just splitting the country in two has not even made a dent in sorting out Sudan's tumultuous history.

-Liz Hasseld

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