Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/256156 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comments No. 18/2011
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
Some members of the international community, particularly in Africa, have mixed feelings about South Sudan's independence. Though most view the separation from Sudan as politically legitimate, they fear that the successful secession may have a signalling effect on separatist movements elsewhere in Africa. How valid is the assumption that the "precedent" of South Sudan will encourage secessionist tendencies which may change the continent's territorial map over the long run? And how should one consider Somaliland's claim for international recognition against the background of South Sudan's independence?
Document Type: 
Research Report

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