During its nearly 55 years of independence, Sudan has experienced a succession of violent conflicts, in the South, the West (Darfur), and the East. It is commonly accepted that what lay at the root of these conflicts was the failure of independent Sudan – one of Africa’s most racially, ethnically, religiously, and culturally diverse countries – to construct a polity informed by the principle and practice of unity in diversity.
在独立后的近55年中，苏丹经历了一系列暴力冲突，分别发生在南部，西部（达尔富尔）和东部。大家普遍认为引发这些冲突的症结就在于独立之后的苏丹——这个非洲大陆上人种、民族，宗教和文化最为多样化的国家——无法构建一个拥有多元团结理念和实践的政体