Breaking Sudan: The Search For Peace

In 2005, Twenty-two Years Of Civil War In Sudan Were Brought To An End By The Signing Of The Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Negotiations Between North And South Had Ended In Compromise, However, And Hopes Of A Unified State That Was Open, Democratic And Secular, Had Fallen To Secession. Following South Sudan’s Declaration Of Independence In 2011, Political Tensions Have Led To Conflict In Both Countries And Now There Is Even The Growing Threat Of A War Between Them. The Situation Is, Arguably, Worse Than It Ever Has Been Before. This Book Investigates How Violence Has Once More Come To Dominate A Region Where Various Political Groups Remain Separated By Deep-rooted Mistrust And Ethnic Relations Are Nothing Short Of Wrecked. Dissecting The Failure Of The Peace Agreement, He Confronts The Frightening Possibility That It May Have Actually, In Effect, Legitimized The Use Of Violence For The Achievement Of Political Goals. Introduction: The New Sudan: How Sudan's Break-up Prepared The Ground For More War -- The Two Sudans And The Defeat Of The Cpa Reform Project -- Independent South Sudan And The Burden Of Liberation History -- Sudan's Wars: The Experience Of One Village -- Political Rivalries, The New Wars And The Crumbling Social Order -- Reporting Sudan's Wars: The Media And The Blurred Line Between Informing And Inciting -- Mixed Economies, Corruption, And Social Disparity -- Ethnic Relations, The New War And The (dis)unity Of South Sudan -- Conclusion: The Fates Of The Two Sudans. Jok Madut Jok. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 345-362) And Index.