The Intrastate Conflict in Sudan

Paper Summary:

The paper reminds us that the African continent is one of the most volatile regions in the world. Sudan is currently the focus of attention in the international community. From the perspective of the general peace process, the paper confirms that progress has been made in all areas. The United Nations played a significant part in moderating the talks through its UNMIS monitors and ensuring the implementation of the provisions agreed upon in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in 2005. The paper notes that the government in Khartoum is forced by international donors and through economic sanctions to comply with the rules and decisions taken at the negotiation table in respect to the North South conflict. The paper underlines the major breakthroughs achieved since the 1993 establishment of the Intergovernmental Authority for Development.

Outline:
Introduction
Historical Background of the North South Conflict
Peace talks
Protocol.
Darfur
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"This is due to the continuous struggles for reaching a positive agreement between the conflicting parties in the country, as well as the failure to establish a comprehensive means to respecting and implementing the already agreed upon ceasefires, protocols, and agreements. At the same time though, the lack of efficiency in the actions undergone is also the result of the complexity of the issues under discussion, taking into account the dimension of the conflicts present in Sudan. In this sense, on the one hand, there is the unsolved conflict between the North and the South of the country, and, on the other hand, there is the escalating humanitarian and security crisis in the Western part of the state, in Darfur. From this perspective, any possible peace agreement must take into account both levels of conflict and deal with them in terms of local solutions as well as a national one."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Abdelgadier, Osama. God, Oil, and Country: Sudan's Long Road to Peace. Sudan at the Crossroads. 2004. 4 October 2007 <http://fletcher.tufts.edu/sudanconference2004/outcomes/Abdelgadier%20Thurs.pdf>
• Agreement on Wealth Sharing during the Pre-Interim and Interim Period. 2004. 4 October 2007 < http://www.usip.org/library/pa/sudan/wealth_sharing_01072004.pdf>
• BBC. "Country profile: Sudan" BBC World. 2007. 3 October 2007 <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/820864.stm#facts>
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• Collins, Robert O. "Africans, Arabs, and Islamists: From the Conference Tables to the Battlefields in the Sudan". African Studies Review, Vol. 42, No. 2. (1999), pp. 105-123.

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