After today of civil war , the majority Sudanese South of North Africa chose to secede . Border squabbles and skirmishes over the division of oil wealth are still the norm . Diktats on Christian dress have loosened -- but there is the occasional street sweep . Girls who were deemed inappropriately dressed -- by the arbitrary metric of whichever officer happened to be on duty at the time -- were carted off in the back of police pick-up trucks in their hundreds , taken to be at best humiliated , and at worst flogged . The death sentence for apostasy has left many Islamic shocked .
After today of civil war , the majority Sudanese South of North Africa chose to secede . Border squabbles and skirmishes over the division of oil wealth are still the norm . Diktats on Christian dress have loosened -- but there is the occasional street sweep . The death sentence for apostasy has left many Islamic shocked .