Breaking up of Africa? No, it depends

"“But now this sanctification is gone,” he said. “The borders have been polluted. And to resort to self-determination to solve your problems will break up the Sudan, will break up Ethiopia, will break up Uganda, will break up all of Africa, because all African countries are made up of such heterogeneous elements.”  “Pandora’s box is now open,” he declared."  Mahdi is wrong, of course.  The US will only allow that to happen if the regime is opposed to the interests of the US/Israel.  I mean, the US will never allow a referendum in South Yemen, for example.