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I am excited to hear about peace in Sudan, but also skeptical. How can one join a country that has two distinctly opposed cultures, two distinct peoples? Will the North give the southerners peace?

The conflict seems much too large. The tensions are religious: Muslims against Southern Christians and Animists. The tension are also racial; Arab against African. Finally, fighting is driven by a desire to control resources, on one hand, and on the other, an equally fierce desire to gain independence and dignity after years of mistreatment. All this barely skims the surface of Sudan's issues.

Is this a sure thing, or is it another band-aid on a divided country, joined by the arbitrary whims of foreign powers?]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/sudan_forum_cpa/ Wed Sep 02, 2009
General Gration,

While the signing of the CPA may have ended the longest civil war in Africa, I don't see where it has ended the genocide occuring in Darfur. Is this the part of the CPA you say is an "outstanding issue that impedes the full implementation of the CPA"?

What efforts exactly will the U.S. and international community be making to end the genocide in Darfur?

Thank you,

Gail]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/sudan_forum_cpa/ Sat Jun 27, 2009
@ Scott, Do you think perhaps the parties have made the realization at this point that they could have saved themselves a lot of trouble and hardship had they taken a rational approach to solving their animosities through dialoge long ago?

I'm glad that the fragile peace is being strengthened by consensus that killing each other is not the answer to living well, but how will this manifest in Darfur?]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/sudan_forum_cpa/ Sat Jun 27, 2009