ABSTRACT
War in Sudan is often portrayed as a conflict between the Arab Muslim north, and the African Christian and Animist south. However, although this might provide politicians rhetoric for the social justification of violence, it does not adequately explain the role of political and economic factors contributing to the emergence of insurgencies. When attempting to discover the causes of civil war in Sudan, it is essential that we consider the roots of culturally and regionally imposed political marginalization and its economic consequences leading to periphery grievances.
