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Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives
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At the beginning of 2008, Sudan was still struggling with unstable national politics and continuing regional problems, especially in Darfur, where the conflict that had started in 2003 remained unresolved. Following a fall-out between the partners in the Government of National Unity (GNU), the northern National Congress Party (NCP) and the southern Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM), the GNU was re-established at the end of 2007, but relations remained tense throughout 2008. In Darfur, international commitment to a new AU/UN peacekeeping force (UN-AU Mission in Sudan/UNAMID) remained slow to build while progress towards negotiations between the warring parties was also tardy. Implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed in 2005 made some progress but the timetable still lagged. These problems, and the lack of an observable peace dividend for much of the population, led to signs of popular disenchantment with the process that at its outset had been widely heralded both domestically and in the international community. With the downturn in the global economy in the second half of 2008, there were fears that Sudan's recent oil-based growth would fade, leading to further social and political difficulties.