History

The British established their colonial footprint in the Horn of Africa in 1865 following the construction of the Suez canal, which opened in 1869.[1] The canal considerably shortened the trade and military routes to India and the East. The huge cost of the canal’s construction pushed Egypt to seek financial partnership with the Ottoman empire in … Read more

A conference was held in Juba, the capital of Equatoria Province, Southern Sudan, in June 1947, hosted by the British Civil Secretary. This conference marked the high point of the British colonial policy known as the Southern Policy, which guided British action in Southern Sudan during the period of 1930-1946. To grasp the full significance … Read more

The twelve-man committee was a panel of distinguished members of the northern and southern Sudan, established with the mandate to lay out ways through which the resolutions of the Round Table Conference would be implemented.[1] It comprised of 6 political leaders from the south and 6 from the north.[2] The Round Table Conference of 1964 … Read more