Abstract
The secession of South Sudan in 2011 marked a turning point in the history of the Sudanese state. This outcome, the result of a failed transition following the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of 2005, left the remaining regions of Sudan embroiled in old and new patterns of conflict. The Sudanese ruling elites are faced with managing two interrelated processes: formation of the Sudanese nation and building state institutions that can be effective in delivering development goods. The continued failure of northern ruling elites to manage these processes stems from an inherently faulty approach to nation-state building since independence in 1956. The outcome has been systemic marginalization and exclusion of the broad masses of nonnorthern groups from access to state power.
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El-Battahani, A. (2013). The Post-Secession State in Sudan: Building Coalitions or Deepening Conflicts?. In: Sørbø, G.M., Ahmed, A.G.M. (eds) Sudan Divided. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137338242_2
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