Ka cika wannan jumla: Bayan samun 'yancin kai a shekara ta 1956, Sudan ta fuskanci rikice-rikice da yawa na cikin gida game da siyasa, ƙabilanci, da kuma addini. A cikin 1983, 'yan juyin juya hali da' yan tawaye daga kudancin kasar da galibi Krista-Animistic sun haɗu tare kuma suka kaddamar da tawaye ga gwamnati wanda al'adun gargajiya suka mamaye daga musulmai daga arewa. 'Yan tawayen sun tsara kansu a matsayin "Sojojin' Yancin 'Yan Sudan" (SPLA) a karkashin jagorancin John Garang, kuma daga baya tawaye ya rikide zuwa cikakken yakin basasa wanda ya shafi gabashin Sudan da yamma. Tattaunawa tsakanin gwamnati da SPLA kusan sun haifar da sulhu na zaman lafiya na rikici, amma ya ƙare bayan da aka yi wa 'yan tawaye da' yan tawaye da 'yan tawaye.
Juyin mulkin 1989 wanda ya kawo National Islamic Front (NIF) karkashin Omar al-Bashir zuwa mulki. Sabuwar gwamnatin ta yi adawa da duk wani sulhu, kuma ta kuduri aniyar murkushe SPLA da duk sauran kungiyoyin adawa. Sai tashin hankali ya ƙaru.