Sudan: An uncertain peace

'The Khartoum-SPLM Agreement: Sudan's Uncertain Peace', the latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which formally ended war between the Khartoum government and the insurgent Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), Africa's longest civil conflict. Even though SPLM/A Chairman John Garang was sworn in as First Vice-President on 9 July 2005, implementation of the CPA lags dangerously. "If the international community doesn't confront the hard issues, the entire agreement could unravel, with consequences as deadly as the war that just ended," says John Prendergast, Special Adviser to Crisis Group's President. "Ruling party support for the southern militias must be challenged, corruption must not be tolerated, and democratic processes must be prioritised".