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Title:Ethiopia's role in South Sudan's march to independence, 1955-1991
Author:Yihun, Belete Belachew
Year:2013
Periodical:African Studies Quarterly (ISSN 1093-2658)
Volume:14
Issue:1-2
Pages:35-54
Language:English
Geographic terms:Ethiopia
Sudan
South Sudan
Subjects:international relations
foreign policy
international conflicts
External link:https://asq.africa.ufl.edu/yihun_nov13/
Abstract:The existing literature on South Sudan's march to independence in 2011 ascribes this development to the internal problems in the Sudan and successive rebellions of the subjugated southerners. Departing from this customary trend, this article analyses the situation in the context of the conflict between Ethiopia and the Sudan and how the process ultimately led to the disintegration of the two major States in northeast Africa. Allying with regional and global powers-to-be, the two States engaged extensively in actions designed to bring about the disintegration of the other. Both the imperial regime and the military junta (the Derg) have accused Sudan of intervening in the internal affairs of Ethiopia by sponsoring the cause of Eritrean secessionism. The article recounts the retaliatory measures the Ethiopian regime executed against Sudan's intervention in Eritrea. Apart from labelling the Sudan the number one enemy of the State, the imperial regime went as far as being involved in a plot to topple Nimeiri from power. The Derg's response came by way of giving unconditional support to the SPLM/A. The end result was the chronic internal turmoil in the two countries and their ultimate partial disintegration. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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