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Geography Population. Forced Migration: Sudan [Date] Today I will: - Understand some of the reasons why people have migrated from Sudan to surrounding countries such as Chad. Geography Population. Introduction: 7 million Sudanese people have been forced to move in the last 25 years

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Geography Population

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  1. Geography Population Forced Migration: Sudan [Date] Today I will: - Understand some of the reasons why people have migrated from Sudan to surrounding countries such as Chad.

  2. Geography Population • Introduction: • 7 million Sudanese people have been forced to move in the last 25 years • 52% are Black African, 39% African Arabs • 70% are Muslim, 5% are Christian • South Sudan became a separate country in 2011

  3. Geography Population [A] Civil War (South Sudan) lasting 22 yearsbetween the Central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army. [B] Forced to move as they are in fear of their lives. [B] Cannot farm in a war zone

  4. Geography Population • [A] There have also been many other conflicts • [B] Fighting between Arab herdsman and black farmershas forced move to Darfur • [B] Ethnic Cleansing(homes and crops burned, raped and tortured) • [B] Fighting on the border

  5. Geography Population • [A] Famine and drought • [B] Prolonged drought = famine • [B] No harvests = no food • [B] The lack of water and good farmland partly to blame for fighting.

  6. Geography Population [A] Many people move to Refugee Camps [B] No sanitation, medical supplies, little food, water or shelter. [B]No way of making a living. [B] USA agreed to take many of the people and others left as conditions were no better there.

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