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The Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Dynamics of Post-Conflict Political Partnership in Sudan

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Most of the researches on peace agreements conclude that powersharing arrangements included in these are mostly to the detriment of longterm democratic transformation. The basic argument of these studies is that peace deals consolidate mainly the power of the signatories to the detriment of other major political forces. This article illustrates that, in contrast to many cases, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which was signed in 2005 between the government of Sudan represented by the ruling party, the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People.s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), has led to an important political transformation in state structure as well as in power relations. Although the CPA enhanced the legitimacy of the SPLM and the NCP and consolidated their political domination, it, nevertheless, contributed to a significant political opening for other political forces in the North and in the South. The CPA put an end to the historically exclusive political hegemony of the North. This article focuses on the dynamics of relations between the SPLM and the NCP during the transitional period and illustrates how these dynamics have impacted upon the process of political transformation.

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  • Einas Ahmed, 2009. "The Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Dynamics of Post-Conflict Political Partnership in Sudan," Africa Spectrum, Institute of African Affairs, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, vol. 44(3), pages 133-147.
    • Handle: RePEc:gig:afjour:v:44:y:2009:i:3:p:133-147
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    1. Mehler, Andreas, 2008. "Not Always in the People's Interest: Power-sharing Arrangements in African Peace Agreements," GIGA Working Papers 83, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.
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