| Description |
1 online resource (iv, 57 pages) : color maps |
| Series |
Africa report ; no. 198 |
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ICG Africa report ; no. 198.
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| Contents |
Executive summary -- Recommendations -- I. Introduction -- II. The roots of persistent conflict -- III. Failure of the CPA -- IV. Outbreak of fighting and the still-born framework agreement -- V. All-out conflict -- VI. The humanitarian crisis -- VII. Regional and wider international reaction -- VIII. Proposed framework for peace -- IX. Conclusion |
| Summary |
The war in South Kordofan shows no sign of ending anytime soon. There are echoes of the 1984-2002 civil war, but the dynamics are quite different. The insurgents, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) based in the Nuba Mountains, are much better armed, and the state's ethnic cleavages are much less pronounced. The SPLM-N is also part of an alliance with Darfur rebels, the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), that is working to include disenchanted armed groups from other regions as well. Arab tribes that previously supplied militias that did much of the fighting no longer support the government wholeheartedly; significant numbers have joined groups fighting Khartoum. The conflict shows every sign of strategic stalemate, with each side hoping pressure from elsewhere will change its foe's calculations. Yet, it is exacting an horrendous toll, principally among civilians. Unless the government and the SRF engage each other and, with international help, negotiate a comprehensive solution to Sudan's multiple conflicts, there will be no stop to endless wars that plague the country |
| Notes |
"14 February 2013." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ICG, viewed February 28, 2013) |
| Subject |
Political stability -- Sudan
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Ethnic conflict -- Sudan -- Kurdufān al-Janūbīyah
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Human rights -- Sudan -- Kurdufān al-Janūbīyah
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Ethnic conflict.
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Human rights.
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Politics and government
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Political stability.
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| SUBJECT |
Sudan -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Sudan.
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Sudan -- Kurdufān al-Janūbīyah.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Crisis Group.
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