수단의 石油資源과 民族紛爭에 대한 分析

An Analysis on the Oil Resources and the Ethnic Conflict in the Sudan

The object of this paper is to construct ideal aspects of the Sudanese oil as a one of major variables on the recent conflict and to check the positive factors through the historical review. Sudan's government and the former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement ended 22 years of civil war with a peace deal in January 2005. But still the problem is remained on the Darfur region. Some researches indicate that the battle has been triggered by race, religion and language. Africans from the Christian south have long complained of discrimination by the Islamic government in Khartoum. However, one of the major factor can be oil is insisted for the recent issue in this paper. Actually the US is searching for alternatives to its Middle East suppliers, and Sudan pumps up to 500,000 barrels per day. This paper focuses the oil sector have played a core role in the Sudanese conflict. This is major reason why the paper pursuits economic indicator which might include spill over effects may be a good point material to our argument of the Sudan issue.