This article on msnbc.com said that 7,000 elephants, 1,500 giraffes, and 500 onyx antelopes have been extimated as returning back to their homelands of the Sudan during a 2 year time of peace, mostly. The country has seen only 2 years of peace in the past quarter-century. After 22 years of brutal fighting between the north and south, they are seeing a break of peace.The conflict was the longest and bloodiest that Africa has ever seen, and Africa has had many many years of fighing. Other animals are returning too, including, lions, leopards, and gazelles.
So this is big for the war-ridden people of the Sudan. They have not have the best lives, having lived through this conflict, few even will remember what it was like before the fighting. They now can rejoice in the return of the native animals they respect and live among.
The peace agreement between the mostly-Christian South and the Arab-dominated North is fragile, and could break at any time. But for now, the people are hopeful, that the animals will stay and they can get back to their lives.
Peace is a beautiful thing.
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