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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778580703321

Autore

Deng Francis Mading <1938-, >

Titolo

Frontiers of unity : an experiment in Afro-Arab cooperation / / Francis M. Deng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-19727-X

1-135-19728-8

1-282-37752-3

9786612377525

0-203-87005-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Disciplina

962.404/2

Soggetti

Conflict management - Sudan - Abyei

Abyei (Sudan) Politics and government

Sudan Politics and government 1985-

Sudan Politics and government 1956-1985

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references  (p. [227]-229) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Part One: Framing the context; 1 Updated preface, 2008; 2 Overview of the problem, 1999; 3 Original Preface, 1977, revised 2008; Part Two: The Ngok Dinka at the North-South Crossroads; 4 Introduction, 1977; 5 The precolonial period; 6 Anglo-Egyptian condominium; 7 Postcolonial developments; Part Three: Perspectives on Abyei development; 8 A proposed plan for the development of Abyei as a model for national integration; 9 Report of Justin Deng Aguer, Special Envoy of the Ministerial Committee on the Development of the Abyei District

10 Initiating rural development in Abyei: An integrated approach11 A development program for Abyei; 12 Programs and special plans for the development of Abyei proposed by a joint HIID-Sudanese expert team, 1977; 13 Commentary on the HIID Report; 14 An Amendment Proposal for an Integrated Rural Development Project for Abyei; Part Four: Abyei in perspective; 15 Eyes on Abyei: competing perspectives on rural development; 16 Abyei and the challenge of sustainable peace in the



Sudan; 17 Self-determination and self-administration: The critical choice for Abyei

18 The Abyei Arbitration: A desperate search for peace and justice at the North-South crossroads in Sudan19 Dinka moral quest for justice; Appendix: Abyei Arbitration; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with the conflict between Northern and Southern Sudan over the Abeyi region and other border areas. This area has historically been a model of peaceful coexistence and cooperation but since its independence it has become a point of violent confrontation. Frontiers of Unity provides an essential background to the complexities of the conflict, looking at the factors behind it and calling for the resolution of Africa's longest running dispute. First written in 1972, after the agreement that ended the war in Sudan, the original text has been supplemented b