Challenges Facing Sudan after Separation Day 2011

Sudan is the largest country in Africa, one million square miles. The people of Southern Sudan voted for independence in a referendum on self-determination, January 2011. As a result “The State of South Sudan” will emerge on 9 July 2011, the final landmark in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement which ended two decades of war between North and South of the Country. The official declaration of separation for South Sudan is an historic juncture at which the two successor states will wrap-up almost two hundred years of unpopular association in one country, the Republic of Sudan. The presentation will address challenges and problems ahead as well as choices of policy and strategy that the predecessor state in North Sudan need to pursue, particularly, in the five borderline states with the new sovereign state of South Sudan.

Dr. Abdalbasit Saeed is from the South Kurdufan State. He is currently working as independent private consultant, he also assists as ‘African Coordinator’ for a German-African Joint Research project on “Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, Combating Desertification and Mitigating Conflict” (supported by the German Ministry of Education and Research - BMBF).

Prof. Dr. Musa Adam Abdul-Jalil and the University of Khartoum are cooperation partners in the same research project.

The presentation and discussion will be in English.