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26 Pac. McGeorge Global Bus. & Dev. L.J. 343 (2013)
South Sudan Road to Independence: Broken Promises and Lost Opportunities

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South Sudan Road to Independence: Broken Promises and
Lost Opportunities
Salman M. A. Salman*
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.  INTRODUCTION      ...................................... ................. 344
II. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF SOUTH SUDAN....... ....... 345
III. THE PROBLEM OF SOUTHERN SUDAN DURING THE DIFFERENT
POLITICAL ERAS      ..................................................... 348
A. The Rise of Nationalist Movements in North and South Sudan............. 348
B. The First Civilian Era 1954-1958: Outbreak of the Civil War............ 351
C. The First Military Rule 1958-1964: Intensification of the Civil War... 355
D. The Second Civilian Era 1964-1969: The Roundtable Conference...... 357
E. The Second Military Rule 1969-1985: The Addis Ababa Agreement... 363
F. The Third Civilian Era 1985-1989: The Sudanese Peace Initiative..... 372
G. The Third Military Rule: 1989-Present: The Comprehensive Peace
Agreement............................................ 376
IV. HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION FOR
SOUTH SUDAN.................................       .................. 379
A. The SPLM Shift to the Right of Self-Determination .............. 379
B. The Government of Sudan Acceptance of the Right of Self-
Determination...................................... 383
C. The Northern Opposition Parties and the Right of Self-
Determination...............      .................. ..... 386
D. Reconfirmation by the Government of Sudan of the Right of Self-
Determination     .............................................. 390
V. AGREEMENTS AND PROTOCOLS UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PEACE
AGREEMENT...................................................... 393
VI. THE ROCKY INTERIM PERIOD AND THE FINAL SPLIT OF THE SUDAN.......... 400
VII. CONCLUSION        ............................................... ..... 410

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