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RésuméLe 9 juillet 2011, le Sud-Soudan est devenu un État indépendant. Cette indépendance couronne la lente maturation d’un accord de paix, le Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), formalisé en janvier 2005, qui a mis un terme à deux longues périodes de guerres civiles, respectivement de 1955 à 1972, puis de 1983 à 2005. Ces dernières présentaient la particularité d’opposer non seulement le sud du pays au nord, mais également, à plusieurs reprises, différentes factions sudistes entre elles. Elles furent riches en interférences extérieures, notamment de pays de la région.

South Sudan: A Path to Independence Fraught with DifficultiesOn 9 July 2011, the Republic of South Sudan became an independent country. Independence was a jewel in the crown of the Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement’s long implementation process. Signed in January 2005, the peace agreement ended two long periods of civil war that raged between 1955-1972 and 1983-2005. These wars were characterized not only by confrontations between northern and southern Sudanese, but also by repeated clashes between different southern factions. These wars were rich with outside interference – especially from neighboring countries.