African Studies
Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives
Call for Papers: Utafiti is inviting you to submit your manuscript – any topic in the humanities - for consideration in the next issues.
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African Studies
After nearly one month of negotiations in Khartoum, a peace agreement was signed by 14 armed groups and the government. It strongly influenced the way in which both international actors and the government tried to consolidate a still fragile peace. Many rebel movements did not comply with the provisions of the agreement, which led to massive criticism of a peace plan based on power-sharing with mostly materially motivated groups.