South Sudan Video Report
Will peace prove as dangerous as war?
By Kevin Sites, Fri Nov 4, 6:36 PM ET
VIDEO - Sudan suffered from the longest and bloodiest civil war in Africa, a 21-year conflict that pitted the Arab Muslim-dominated government in the north against Christians and animists in the south. Now, after two million are dead and more than four million are displaced, there is peace -- albeit a shaky one. 
A deep current of mistrust still runs strong among members of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in the south, which fought the government for decades. Now they're about to become part of it: the power-sharing agreement struck in January calls for the integration of some of the SPLA into the Sudanese Army.
Meanwhile, south Sudan -- one of the most underdeveloped places on earth -- is bracing for a massive influx of returnees. The millions of people forced to flee their villages during the war are expected to return soon now that the rainy season is ending.
With the help of international aid agencies, wells are being drilled and medical clinics are being built. But the South can barely support the population already there. The strain on food, water and medical resources could lead to more conflict and potentially a peace as unstable and deadly as the war.
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