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This article aims to analyze the issue of the independence of South Sudan, starting with a theoretical analysis on the imposition of borders in the region. Southern Sudan became an independent country on July 9th 2011, after a nationwide vote in favor of country secession, however, some political and economic problems still remain unresolved since their independence, especially with regard to the defense of Abyei region. Thus, the emphasis is on the evaluation of power relations and the consequences of this dynamic for the Sudanese people, with the framework of the postmodernist theories. Adapted from the source document.

In the current study of conflicts, dominant visions tend to underline the decisive role of primordial ethnic or religious identities. This primordialist perspective, however, takes attention away from other important causes that contribute to the emergence and perpetuation of conflict, namely deep socioeconomic inequalities between groups. Departing from Sudan's North-South conflict, its origins and the evolution in the conflict resolution and peacebuilding models that culminated with the signature of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, we argue that effective and sustainable peace strategies in Sudan (and elsewhere) imply addressing the more structural inequalities at stake and the deconstruction of simplistic views of the role of ethnicity and religion. Adapted from the source document.