Southern Sudan at Odds With Itself: Dynamics of Conflict & Predicaments of Peace

With Sudan’s elections over, this is the moment to refocus on challenges that lie ahead for Southern Sudan in the coming few months. The tremendous task of conducting elections as part of what was agreed in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) has placed an emphasis on technical aspects and shortcomings of that process. It is likely that in the coming months attention will be concentrated on similarly technical aspects of the referendum on Southern Sudan’s independence, which is planned to take place in 2011.

In contrast, this report focuses on some of the broader and more conceptual issues. Its main undertaking is to deliver information that clarifies the reasons for increased intra-south violence. By reflecting on how people living and working in Southern Sudan have experienced events since the CPA, the report looks at ways in which intra-southern structures and international approaches have  created some of the current predicaments of peace, and have contributed to the dynamics of ongoing conflict.

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