Abyei conflict pdf files

Abyei area figure analysis displacement related to conflict and violence context the major source of conflict in abyei is intercommunal violence between ngok dinka and misseriya migrant communities, often over access to grazing land and water. Anatomy of a conflict harvard humanitarian initiative. Title protocol between the government of sudan and the sudan peoples liberation movement on the resolution of the conflict in abyei area. Protocol between the government of sudan and the sudan. The cold war between sudan and south sudan could reignite into a devastating armed.

Whereas the protocol on the resolution of abyei conflict the abyei protocol which constitutes part of the cpa, provides that the abyei territory is defined as the area of the nine ngok dinka chiefdoms. Following intensive oil exploration in the 1970s and 1980s, a period of significant investment in sudans oil industry occurred in the 1990s and by 2003 abyei contributed more than one quarter of sudans total crude oil output. Amidst an increase in criminal activity in the abyei area, which is contested by sudan and south sudan, the united nations top peacekeeping official on thursday called for deployment of additional police. The abyei territorial dispute between north and south sudan. Peacekeeping and stability operations institute pksoi.

Lost in the middle of peace national democratic institute. On 20 june 2011, the government of sudan gos and the sudan peoples liberation movement splm. Conflict in the abyei region is at least a halfcentury old, and certainly predates the independence of south sudan from the republic of the sudanalthough some observers also suggest the rich oilabyei region was the flash point for the conflict that led to the separation of those states. Liberation movement army on the resolution of the abyei conflict. Abyei area figure analysis displacement related to conflict and violence context the major source of conflict in abyei is intercommunal violence between ngok dinka and misseriya migrant. Failed governance and political turbulence in abyei area. Resolving the abyei crisis in 1905, during angloegyptian colonial rule in sudan, abyei, defined as the area inhabited by the nine ngok dinka chiefdoms, was. Lost in the middle of peace national democratic institute the national democratic institute ndi is a nonprofit organization working to strengthen and expand democracy worldwide. Upon signing the peace agreement, abyei will be accorded special administrative status, in which. Somalia conflict analysis a holistic approach to attaining sustainable peace abstract the somalia conflict is rooted in issues of identity, war culture, external influences, struggle over power. Recently, the longstanding conflicts have developed into dangerous bouts of violence, setting off vicious cycles of attacks involving heavily.

Past experience could either act as a facilitator or a hindrance to a new agreement, and it is not clear whether international intervention. This working paper analyses the dynamics of the conflict in abyei and. Conflict in abyei could reignite south sudans civil war if the u. The international crisis group is an independent, nonprofit, nongovernmental organisation committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict abyei conflict threatens to escalate into fullscale war. Experience working with unisfa abyei or other ingo,ngo, sudan.

Abyei, a nonstate entity of postwar sudanese divide. Background abyei is a bridge between north and south, and most people believe that it is the frontier for both conflict and unity and will define whether. Following the seizure of sudans disputed town of abyei by northern forces and concerns of renewed civil war, the bbcs james copnall considers why the region is so important to north and. International tribunal redraws boundaries of sudanese. The abyei area conflict is an example of the failure of the governments of the two sudans not only to manage diversity and to resolve differences among communities, but also to prevent these differences. January 2009 summary type of conflict parties to the conflict status of the fighting number of deaths political developments. Abyei natural resources conflict situation report 1 introduction this report explores the major factors underlying the violent conflict in abyei. Defense force pdf buildup in strategic areas outside the abyei area. Communities in limbo the abyei administrative area is a disputed territory of more than 10,000 square kilometers located between sudan and south sudan. Experience in programmes support and in addressing migration challenges and initiatives in abyei area, sudan. United nations mission in sudan, abyei protocol fact sheet, february 2009.

Abyei, a fist of oilrich land on the border between sudan and south sudan, is violently contested. Work on this road is reported to have stopped as a result of the abyei conflict, according to an ocha south sudan report on 28 may. Pdf popular defence forces rpg rocketpropelled grenade launcher. Armed conflicts report sudan 1983 first combat deaths update. However, some of the groups who face particula r deprivations. Sudan, and dissatisfaction with the pdf and broken government promises.

It aims to contribute to policyrelevant knowledge of the link between resources and conflict and to propose a general framework for action. The first armed groups to emerge in the abyei area after the cpathe abyei liberation front, shahama, and the kordofan. Once a conflict begins, the parties are engaged in an. Conflict in abyei could reignite south sudans civil war. The major source of conflict in abyei is intercommunal violence between ngok dinka and misseriya migrant communities, often over access to grazing land and. Transition and recovery programme identifying, mitigating and addressing the root causes of forced. Sudans west bank the roots of conflict in abyei the ngok dinka are the only permanent inhabitants of the network of waterways flowing into the bahr. Humanitarian needs and key figures the recently revitalized peace process promises to offer new opportunities in 2019 for south sudans women, men and children. Linking communitybased animal health services with natural resource conflict mitigation in the abyei administrative area building resilience through dialogue and negotiation in a contested area. Abyei conflict threatens to escalate into fullscale war. An assessment on 4 august, 2018, determined that 150 idps 30 households from dungop are currently residing within the host community, particularly as many of them have family. Situation assessment of children and women in south sudan.

The i january 1956 line between the north and the south will be inviolate, unless changed as a result of the outcome of the. The major source of conflict in abyei area is intercommunal violence between ngok dinka and the misseriya migrant communities, often over access to grazing land and water. If sudan is to travel the road back from abyei to a sustainable peace, then the a resolution to the dispute should be based on the following. Beyond expediency, towards sustainable peace tim flatman1 the approximately 120,000 permanent residents of abyei region, situated on the borders of northern and southern sudan. Violence spilling over from bahr elghazal during the civil war in the 1960s brought the first armed conflict between the ngok and misseriya since. Sudans first northsouth civil war and placed the abyei area under special. According to the abyei protocol, a 2004 agreement between the gos government of sudan and the splma sudan peoples liberation movementarmy to resolve the abyei conflict, a referendum on. It aims to contribute to policyrelevant knowledge of the. On july 22, 2009, a haguebased ad hoc international. It examines the territorial attachment of conflicting. The three areas, consisting of abyei, south kordofan, and blue nile, located along sudans volatile northsouth border, bore the brunt of decades. While the 2005 comprehensive peace agreement mandated a. The abyei administrative area aaa is a territory of 10,546 km2 bordering sudan and south sudan and disputed by the two countries.