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|b Human geographical factors are of the major natural ones in estimating a state’s political power. In fact, most of today’s world countries’ problems spring from human causes. One of these is ethnicity, which measures how coherent or incoherent the parts of a state are and to what extent the citizens are integrated and faithful to the state, displaying its degree of stability. \ In order to explore the reality of the ethnic variety and incongruity in the Sudanese population, the present paper is divided into 4 sections elaborating on the major relevant determinants influencing the shape of the state, namely: geography, race, religion and language. \ It is concluded that the Sudanese population map is ethnically too complicated and incoherent. The country is classified as unstable, due to the political system’s inability to meet the demands of the different ethnic groups. It, thus, cannot achieve the required harmony to keep the stability of the state. \ Accordingly, the ethnic variety has been one of the main reasons for the deterioration of national unity as well as the attrition of state resources in local conflicts, accelerating the division and collapse of the state. \ In addition, the long national experience has proved the impossibility of achieving unity or even separation on compulsory, undemocratic bases. In order to solve the problem of participation in multi-ethnic, -lingual or –religious societies, accord democracy is one of the proposed ways to guarantee stability and advancement.
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