Sudan, War over the Horizon

Above: Map of Heglig location

Crisis avoided in Sudan as the former Southern Rebels, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) agreed to enter back into discussions with the government, the split was brought about in October, when the SPLM accused Khartoum ( Khartoum (الخرطوم ) is the capital of Sudan and of Khartoum State ) of stalling a peace treaty agreed in 2005. The SPLM leader Salva Kiir met President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and worked out the main issues that were holding the process back. This was confimred by a spokesman for the SPLM Secretary : General Pagan Amum. “We have achieved a lot… We have resolved all the outstanding issues that caused the crisis, with the exception of Abyei,” advised Amum.

INDO-PAKISTANI WAR OF 1971

Above: Map of Kashmir Region

It was a major war between India and Pakistan, which finally led to the Bangladesh Liberation War or the Pakistani Civil War. Exact dates are under dispute. The battle in western India from 3rd to 16th December 1971 is termed the Indo-Pakistani war by both India and Bangladesh. Within two weeks Pakistan suffered a humiliating defeat.

Above: Picture of Sheik Mujibur Rahman

RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR (1918-1920)

Above: Map during the Civil War of Russia

A division arose between the Bolsheviks or Communists and the Left Socialist Revolutionaries over the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, in which Russia had made sizeable land concessions to Germany. The LSR left the coalition. There were two main groups opposed to Lenin.

Above: Picture of the White Army

The non-Bolshevik left was annoyed with Lenin for having dissolved the Constituent Assembly and the White Rightists had their own grievances to grudge. The latter’s main strength was its army of volunteers stationed in the Kuban Steppes. The group had suffered greatly, was reduced in numbers but under General Denikin was still an efficient force to contend with.