Khartoum Peace Agreement of 1997
The Khartoum Peace Agreement of 1997 was an agreement made on 21 April 1997 between the Khartoum-based government of Sudan and various militia leaders from South Sudan during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005). The agreement formalized principles that had been agreed in a political charter signed in Khartoum on 10 April 1996.
Signatories
The militia groups and their leaders were the South Sudan Independence Movement (SSIM) (
Agreement
The agreement covered freedom of religion, movement and so on, and defined a federal structure with a formula for revenue sharing and with various powers devolved to the individual states. The agreement defined a four-year interim period to recover from the civil war in the southern states, with a Coordinating Council of the Southern States to oversee the transition.[1] Riek Machar was made President of the Southern States Coordinating Council. He was also made commander in chief of the
Results
The agreement has been described as "a hollow document signed by splinter groups but not by the main force in the south".[5] Since it was not signed by the
References
- ^ a b c "THE SUDAN'S KHARTOUM PEACE AGREEMENT OF APRIL 21/1997" (PDF). Government of South Sudan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
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