Jonglei 2010: Another round of disarmament

In the wake of lawless conditions across Jonglei, the regional government in Juba and state government in Bor have had one response: disarmament.

Although the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of January 2005 formally ended the war between the Government of Sudan (GoS) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), internal security has remained a major problem for the fledgling southern government. Indeed, internal conflict, rather than the prospect of a return to war between the north and south, poses the biggest threat to the holding of the CPA-stipulated national election in April 2010, the referendum on southern self-determination in January 2011, and the viability of South Sudan as an independent state.

Author: John Young, PhD