Sudan: The challenge of DDR and post-conflict security

The Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) process in southern Sudan has been complex and challenging. It has been the cornerstone of the post-conflict rebuilding process – as a part of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) which formulated the end of the southern ‘rebellion’ in 2005. However, as this paper is keen to point out DDR is as political as any aspect of a peace process; it is not an apparatus that will simply function once all of the mechanics of programming are put in place.