Sudan: The 14-Mile Area (18 March 2014)

In 2011-12, the 14-Mile Area—a strategically important strip of territory just south of the River Kiir, on the border between Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan and East Darfur, Sudan—was the scene of intermittent military clashes between the Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GRSS) and the Government of Sudan (GoS). Since 2005, the security situation in the area has tracked, with relatively high degrees of accuracy, the state of negotiations between the two countries. As of March 2014, with both countries attention focused on internal conflicts, and discussions over a Safe Demilitarized Border Zone (SDBZ) at an impasse, the 14-Mile Area is peaceful, even if its demilitarization—a commitment made again by the GoS and GRSS in January 2014—remains highly unlikely in the near future.

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