translate English to French: It is commonly accepted that what lay at the root of these conflicts was the failure of independent Sudan – one of Africa’s most racially, ethnically, religiously, and culturally diverse countries – to construct a polity informed by the principle and practice of unity in diversity.
La grande majorité des guerres civiles et des conflits de l'Afrique post-coloniale ont pour origine l'incapacité de prendre en compte la diversité qui caractérise les pays africains.