Britain and Egypt played a huge role in what Sudan has become and some of the issues it has are because of these two countries. Britain ruled Sudan beginning in 1881. 1899 was when Britain and Egypt decided to rule Sudan together. Sudan is made up of two parts Northern and Southern Sudan. The Arabs populated Northern Sudan and Southern Sudan was mostly populated with the African people.

Britain and Egypt put a closed door policy between South and North Sudan. In 1956 Sudan gained back ther independence from Britain and Egypt. This definitely did not mean that they were freed from all their problems and issues that they had had prior. Britain and Egypt agreed to abandon the closed door policy. So the two parts of Sudan were finally reunited.

The Arab people were put into rule and they tried to make the Africans join the Islam culture and religion. The African people that did not choose to agree with this new religion that was not their own were part of the cause of the civil war. The Civil War led to displacement and depopulation of the African people of the south.
The Cival war cause much pain and strife on the Sudanese people and it still is today.