About the benefits of discomfort
Africa is facing a geopolitical upheaval whose effects will be felt throughout the world. Sudan, the largest country on the continent, is on the brink of a new civil war between the Arab North and the black South.1 In three months, the South will hold a referendum, almost certainly declare independence, and the country will fall apart. All hopes of Salva Kiir, the South Sudanese president, are on UN peacekeepers. But who in Russia cares about Sudan now?