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| Title: | PROSPECTS FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF SOUTHERN SUDAN |
| Authors: | ALENE, KASSAW FENTIE |
| Advisors: | Kassahun Berhanu |
| Keywords: | INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS |
| Copyright: | Jul-2011 |
| Date Added: | 16-Nov-2012 |
| Publisher: | AAU |
| Abstract: | The Horn of Africa where Sudan is a constituent part is considered a hotbed of crises that have
local and global dimensions marked by rebel activities, military coups, ethnic and racial
insurgencies, human rights violations, state collapse, and terrorism. Countries in the region
are buffeted by group identity espousing goals associated with the aim of either selfdetermination
within an existing nation-state or at times aspiring for secession, which is a
political problem hindering the process of forging a sense of national identity in post-colonial
Africa. The quest for self-determination did not end up with the secession of Eritrea from
Ethiopia in 1993 dubbed a ‘last colony’ in Africa. This is in view of the fact that other
movements with a potential of fracturing territorial integrity of the states are emerging in the
region as exemplified by the outcomes of the January2011 self-determination referendum of
Southern Sudan.
Although the Comprehensive Peace Agreement provides for the total transformation of Sudan
and thus making ‘unity attractive’, this came to be elusive in view of the final outcome of the
referendum attesting the overwhelming tendency of Southern Sudan to the ‘new Southern
Sudan’ vision aimed at effecting separation. However, the secession of Southern Sudan brings
forth several issues that affect not only the various parties in the Sudan but also neighboring
countries in the sub-region. Among the issues that intertwine the countries in the region, the
issue of the Nile, resurgence of political Islam and secessionism stand out as having profound
resonance in the context of Southern Sudan’s accession to independent statehood. These issues
are probed thoroughly in the thesis through analysis of secondary sources and information |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3781 |
| Appears in: | Thesis - International Relations
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