Central African Republic–South Sudan border

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Map of South Sudan, with the Central African Republic to the west

The Central African Republic–South Sudan border is 1,055 km (655 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Sudan in the north, to the tripoint with the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the south.[1]

Description

The precise starting point of the border in the north is in dispute, owing to the fact that both Sudan and South Sudan claim the

Congo drainage divide.[3]

History

The border first emerged during the

Congo-Brazzaville).[4] From these bases the French explored further into the interior, eventually linking the two areas following expeditions in April 1900 which met at Kousséri in the far north of modern Cameroon.[4] These newly conquered regions were initially ruled as military territories, with the two areas later organised into the federal colonies of French West Africa (Afrique occidentale française, abbreviated AOF) and French Equatorial Africa (Afrique équatoriale française, AEF).[3]

In 1898-99 Britain and France agreed upon their mutual spheres of influence in northern third of Africa, and the two nations delimited a frontier between AEF and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (i.e. the modern Chad-Sudan, CAR-Sudan and CAR-South Sudan borders).[4][3] This was followed by demarcation on the ground by an Anglo-French commission in 1921–23, with the final border being ratified on 21 January 1924.[4][3]

On 1 January 1956 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan declared independence as the Republic of Sudan; the Central African Republic followed later on 13 August 1960.[4] Following a referendum, on 9 July 2011 South Sudan declared independence from Sudan, and thus inherited the bulk of the former CAR-Sudan border. The border region is remote and poorly policed, providing a safe haven for various rebel groups; it is thought the Joseph Kony of the Lord's Resistance Army may currently be hiding in the border region.[5][6]

Settlements near the border

CAR

South Sudan

See also

References

  1. ^ CIA World Factbook - CAR, retrieved 18 December 2019
  2. ISBN 978-1-907431-04-3
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  3. ^ a b c d e Brownlie, Ian (1979). African Boundaries: A Legal and Diplomatic Encyclopedia. Institute for International Affairs, Hurst and Co. pp. 597–601.
  4. ^ a b c d e f International Boundary Study No. 16 – Central African Republic-Sudan Boundary (PDF), 22 June 1962, retrieved 18 December 2019
  5. ^ Preventing conflict along Central Africa's borders: understanding power at the periphery, Relief Web, 15 February 2016, retrieved 22 December 2019
  6. ^ Joe Bavier (3 August 2008), WITNESS: In search of invisible borders in central Africa, Reuters, retrieved 22 December 2019
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