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What was the main reason behind South Sudan’s secession from Sudan?

land ownership conflicts
oil field ownership conflicts
ethnic and religious conflicts
grazing land ownership conflicts

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
ethnic and religious conflicts

The north–south split was driven chiefly by long-standing ethnic, cultural and religious differences and political marginalization of the largely Christian/animist south by the predominantly Muslim north (though resources like oil also worsened the conflict).