From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Addis Ababa Agreement (1972)
Addis Ababa Agreement (1972)
The Addis Ababa Agreement also known as the Addis
Agreement,
Ababa Accord, was a set of compromises within a 1972
Termination
treaty that ended the First Sudanese Civil War In 1983 President Gaafar Nimeiry declared all Sudan an
(1955–1972) fighting in Sudan. [1] The Addis Ababa ac- Islamic state under Shari’a law, including the non-Islamic
cords were incorporated in the Constitution of Sudan. majority southern region. The Southern Sudan Au-
tonomous Region was abolished on 5 June 1983, ending
the Addis Ababa Agreement. [3] This initiated the Second
Results Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005).
The Agreement had the goal to address and appease con-
cerns of the southern Sudan liberation and succession
movement, as the First Sudanese Civil War grew costly
See also
in lives and resources to the northern Sudanese govern- • South Sudan
ment and southern population. The Addis Ababa Agree- • History of South Sudan
ment’s establishment of the Southern Sudan Au- • History of Sudan (1956–1969)
tonomous Region gave a degree of autonomy. [2] • History of Sudan (1986–present)
A decade of relative peace followed, though the Addis
Ababa Agreement failed to dispel the tensions that had
originally caused civil war. The Addis Ababa Agreement
References
proved to be only temporary respite. Resource infringe- [1] http://www.splamilitary.net/documents/
ments by the north led to increased unrest in the south THE%20ADDIS%20ABABA%20AGREEMENT.pdf
starting in the late 1970s. [2] http://www.worldstatesmen.org/
Sudan.html#Southern
[3] http://www.pachodo.org/201010061749/
Pachodo.org-English-Articles/history-of-southern-
sudan-hoss.html
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