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What caused southern Sudan to rebel against northern sudan?

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It is not clear. It started as a political squabble and has escalated into ethnic violence. President Kiir believes there was and has pointed the finger of blame at Mr Machar. ... Mr Machar also has a chequered history with the SPLM, leading a breakaway faction in the 1990s.

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After the army's notorious 2010 disarmament campaign with widespread abuses of the Shilluk people, who were alleging persecution by the ruling Dinka, John Uliny from the Shilluk people began a rebellion, leading the Upper Nile faction of the South Sudan Democratic Movement.

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