The Comprehensive Peace Agreement, also known as the Naivasha Agreement, was an accord signed on 9 January 2005, by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan. The CPA was mean
U.S. Senior Representative on Sudan Charles R. Snyder briefs foreign press on the CPA in Washington, D.C., on 12 January
Dancers in Kapoeta at an awareness building rally for the peace agreement, 2006
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South Sudan, officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Sudan to the north, Ethiopia to the east, Kenya to the southeast, Uganda to the south, th
Comprehensive Peace Agreement
…CPA was meant to end the Second Sudanese Civil War, develop democratic governance countrywide, and share oil revenues. It also set a timetable for a Southern Sudanese independence referendum. The peace process was encouraged by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), in addition to a "troika" of donor…
Salva Kiir Mayardit, the first president of South Sudan. His trademark Stetson hat was a gift from United States President George W. Bush.
A South Sudanese girl at independence festivities
Fishing in the Sudd Wetland, one of the largest wetlands in the world
Salva Kiir President