ContractAddis Ababa Agreement • January 30th, 2015
Contract Type FiledJanuary 30th, 2015In the 20 June 2011 Addis Ababa agreement, the Government of Sudan (GoS) and the Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GRSS) agreed to establish a local government and police force for Abyei. As of 28 January 2015, neither has been established, and political negotiations over the territory’s future are at a total standstill. The Abyei Joint Oversight Committee (AJOC)—the body with political and administrative oversight in the territory—has not met since the assassination of the former paramount chief of the Ngok Dinka, Kuol Deng Kuol, on 4 May 2013, by a Missiriya man involved in a standoff with the UN Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) convoy accompanying the chief. Kuol’s death destroyed what remained of the already fragile ties between the Missiriya and the Ngok Dinka. The new paramount chief, Bulabek Deng Kuol, has emphasized that until Kuol’s killer is brought to justice, the Ngok Dinka will not recognize the AJOC. Kuol Monyluak, the head of Abyei’s administration, has further