Hyenas and Lambs: The Implications of Impacts of South Sudan Secession
Conflict Studies Journal, Vol. 5, No. 14, February 11, 2011
23 Pages Posted: 27 Jan 2011 Last revised: 23 Jul 2011
Date Written: January 6, 2011
Abstract
The present paper analyzes the impacts of the Southern Sudan secession. It is concluded that the feasible and eminent secession of Southern Sudan, triggered similar process in Darfur region and feasibly other parts of the country. The two newly formed nations can get into a form of Union: confederate with two armies and a rotating presidency and national parliament or in a commercial and legal like the European Union. That is the most likely option, since the South and the North are more connected geographically, ethnically with the Hemitic blood forming a main part in the Arabs and non Arabs of the North and in the Nilotic and Hemitic-Nilotic of the South. However, it is most important to look into possibilities of changing the structure of the current political system which may be the prime impediment for future cooperation between the two nations.
Keywords: South Sudan, Secession, Ethnicity, Political System
JEL Classification: D7, D70, D71, D72, D73, D74, D79, H5, H50, H51, H54, H55, N4, N47
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