Ethiopia–South Sudan border
The
In 1956, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed between the North and Southern Sudan to demarcate the border of Southern Sudan, and promoted by the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement. Since South Sudan gained independence in 2011, the most recent negotiation agreement was signed in Addis Ababa on 27 September 2012.
Overview
The land boundary between
The Ethiopia–South Sudan boundary shares protruding border with 543 miles along the border of Gambela Region in Ethiopia. People in this area considered minor, including lack of lack of development, political participation, economic inclusion, infrastructure, and other public services. Furthermore, the conflict has suffered from persistent intergroup conflict perpetuated by insurgent groups like Gambela People's Liberation Movement and typically engage in illicit trade, child abduction, cattle rustling and arm smuggling. Both countries' central government lacked suitable relationship and borderland regions.
During the 1960s and 1970s, the Ethiopian government supported Southern Sudan factions such as the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) with arms, in response to Sudanese aid of armed movement against Emperor Haile Selassie and the Derg government.[3][4][5][6]
On 1 January 1956, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and SPLM signed a treaty that ratifies Southern Sudan should be provincial boundary, and the proposal continued precedent set by the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement, which also support the southern region. Since South Sudan gained independence in 2011, the negotiation was moved far away from CPA as the central point of reference. The most recent relevant border agreement was signed in Addis Ababa on 27 September 2012, featuring physical description and delimitation and corresponding to recommendation of the Technical Committee for the 1/11956 Border Line Demarcation between North and South Sudan.[7]
References
- ISSN 0251-0391.
- ^ "Mitigating Cross-Border Intergroup Conflicts along the Ethiopia-South Sudan Border | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ISSN 1753-1055.
- ^ "Ethiopian Support to South Sudan from 1962 to 1983" (PDF). 24 September 2022.
- ^ Gbadamosi, Nosmot. "What's in Store for Africa in 2022". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ^ "Ethiopian State Support to Insurgency in Southern Sudan from 1962 to 1983: Local, Regional and Global Connections – Peace Research Institute Oslo". www.prio.org. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ^ "Contested Borders: Continuing Tensions over the Sudan–South Sudan Border" (PDF). 24 September 2022. p. 13.