Publisher's Synopsis
(...) It became clear that the secession of South Sudan did not bring sustainable peace to both Sudan and South Sudan; Heglig incident of 2012 was the best example of that. The incomplete implementation of the CPA left a number of suspended issues like the joint boundaries and petrol sharing without being resolved. In addition, Abyei issue was not solved in spite of international arbitration and thereby become a potential or latent capacity for future tension between the two countries. Although there were some good regional efforts exerted by the African Union (AU) to normalize the relations between the two Sudans which remarkably deteriorated after Heglig incident in 2012, the mutual confidence was apparently lost and each country returned to back-up the armed opposition of the other.
Only little time after the separation of South Sudan there was great disappointment internally. The situations inside the country were not like as what was expected. A violent political conflict took place only after a few years later after the separation creating a situation of "civil war" inside the newly born country. The split of the SPLM factions generated an ethnic fighting that spread throughout the country especially in oil-producing regions. The African Union was not producing any fruitful development through its mechanism of mediation regarding the issue. Moreover, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has further consolidated its presence and increased its troops. Also, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has already intervened by threatening of passing resolutions under Chapter VII regarding the conflict between the Government of South Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement -in-Opposition (SPLM-IO). Therefore, if the political and humanitarian situations in South Sudan will be getting worst, the new country will be also witnessing more foreign interventions if it continued in this trend.
