ABSTRACT
On January 9, 2005, after lengthy and complex negotiations, the government of the Republic of the Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), 1 which incorporated a number of separate protocols and agreements. This was a defining moment in the history of Sudan. It ended a devastating civil war that had lasted since 1983 following the collapse of the Addis Ababa Agreement. 2 It put in place radically new political structures for the division of power and wealth between the two parts of the country; and it recognized, for the first time, the right of the people of Southern Sudan to self-determination.
