Since its independence on January 1, 1956, Sudan has been at war with itself. Through the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of 2005, the North–South dimension of the conflict was seemingly resolved by the independence of the South on July 9, 2011. However, as a result of issues that were not resolved by the CPA, conflicts within the two countries have reignited conflict between them because of allegations of support for each other’s rebels.
In Bound by Conflict: Dilemmas of the Two Sudans, Francis M. Deng and Daniel J. Deng critique the tendency to see these conflicts as separate and to seek isolated solutions for them, when, in fact, they are closely intertwined. The policy implication is that resolving conflicts within the two Sudans is critical to the prospects of achieving peace, security, and stability between them, with the potential of moving them to some form of meaningful association.
- Cover
- Contents
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter One: Overview of the Crisis
- A Dream Turned Nightmare, and Worse
- Tracing the Roots of the Crisis
- Background to the Crisis
- Developments on the Ground
- Briefing the Ambassadors
- Meeting the Detainees
- The Tensions between the Government and UNMISS
- Regional and International Response to the Crisis
- Codependent Relationship between the Two Sudans
- The Root of Sudan’s Crisis of Identity
- Breaking Down the Barriers between the North and the South
- Chapter Two: Overlapping Conflicts between the Two Sudans
- The Unresolved Contest over Abyei
- Abyei Boundary Commission Report
- Sudan’s Demand for a Shared Dinka-Missiriya Administration in Abyei
- Peaceful Co-existence
- Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile
- Security Concerns
- Uncertainty about the Political Future
- Comparing the Race Relations in the Two Areas
- Chapter Three: Safeguarding a Precarious Peace
- Final Steps toward the CPA
- Principles for Evaluating the CPA Implementation
- Elements of CPA Implementation
- Attending Major Events in Sudan
- The Signing of the CPA
- Swearing-In Ceremony
- The Death of Dr. John Garang
- The CPA: A Laudable but Ambivalent Achievement
- Chapter Four: Government of National Unity (GoNU)
- The Presidency
- The Cabinet
- The National Assembly
- Commissions Formation, Functioning, and Effectiveness
- The Call for Law Reform
- Involvement of Opposition Parties
- The NCP Point of View
- The Southern Point of View
- Northern Opposition Point of View
- Demarcation of the North-South Borders
- The Distribution of Oil Revenues
- Security Concerns and Setbacks
- Efforts to Divide the South and Undermine the SPLM
- SPLM: Rising to the Occasion?
- The Prospects for Transformation
- Impact of Developments on the NCP-SPLM Partnership
- Chapter Five: Government of South Sudan
- Establishment of Institutions and Assignment of Posts
- Northern Interference in Southern Governance
- Bringing Peace Dividends to the People
- The Challenge of Corruption
- The Threat of Disunity
- Managing Tribal Conflicts
- The Role of the Traditional Justice System
- Taking Power to the Local Level
- Chapter Six: The Internally Displaced and Refugees
- The Situation of Return
- Capacity and Coordination
- Security Concerns
- Push and Pull Factors in Return
- Paradoxical Situation of IDPs in Khartoum
- Repatriation, Resettlement, and Rehabilitation
- Chapter Seven: Allegations of Genocide and Mass Atrocities
- Demystifying Genocide and Mass Atrocities
- The Tortuous Path to South Sudan Independence
- The Challenge to South Sudan’s Diplomacy
- The Crisis in Perspective
- Conclusion
- APPENDIX: STATEMENTS TO THE UNITED NATIONS
- 1. Statement by Dr. Francis Mading Deng, Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Sudan to the United Nations during Its Consultations on Sudan and South Sudan, New York, November 28, 2012
- 2. Statement by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Sudan to the United Nations, Dr. Francis Mading Deng, to the Security Council’s Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, New York, April 19, 2013
- 3. Statement Based on Talking Points for an Address to the African Group at the United Nations on the Situation in Abyei by Dr. Francis Mading Deng, Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Sudan to the United Nations, May 7, 2013
- 4. Proposals for the Interim Stabilization of the Crisis Situation in Abyei, Submitted to the United Nations Security Council by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Sudan to the United Nations, Dr. Francis Mading Deng, May 19, 2014
- 5. Statement by Dr. Francis Mading Deng, Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Sudan to the United Nations, to the UN Security Council on the Situation in South Sudan and UNMISS, New York, March 18, 2014
- 6. Statement by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Sudan to the United Nations, Dr. Francis Mading Deng, to the UN Security Council on the Human Rights Situation in South Sudan, May 2, 2014
- 7. Statement by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Sudan to the United Nations, Dr. Francis Mading Deng, to the UN Security Council, on the Crisis in South Sudan, New York, May 12, 2014
- 8. Statement by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Sudan to the United Nations, Dr. Francis Mading Deng, to the UN Security Council on the Renewal of the UNMISS Mandate, New York, May 27, 2014,
- 9. Statement by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Sudan to the United Nations, Dr. Francis Mading Deng, to the UN Security Council on the Renewal of the Mandate of the United Nations Interim Status Force for Abyei (UNISFA), New York
- 10. Statement by Dr. Francis Mading Deng, Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Sudan to the United Nations, to the UN Security Council on the Occasion of the Adoption of the UNISFA Mandate Renewal, October 14, 2014
- 11. Statement by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Sudan to the United Nations, Dr. Francis Mading Deng, to the UN Security Council on the Renewal of the UNMISS Mandate, New York, November 25, 2014
- 12. Statement by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Sudan to the United Nations, Dr. Francis Mading Deng, to the UN Security Council on the Adoption of the Presidential Statement by the Security Council on sanctions regime for South
- 13. Statement by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Sudan to the United Nations, Dr. Francis Mading Deng, to the UN Security Council on the Occasion of the Briefing and Consultations on the Mandate of UNMISS, May 14, 2015
- 14. Statement by Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Sudan to the United Nations, Dr. Francis Mading Deng, to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the Renewal of the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) Mandate
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