PERSPECTIVE | FES SUDAN The Party is Over Sudan between euphoria and a hangover ANJA DARGATZ August 2011 n While independence helps the government in South Sudan to consolidate its posi­tion, the North is facing an endurance test in its domestic policy. n None of the outstanding issues between the North and the South have been settled. The South will now be able to be more assertive in the ongoing negotiations. n It remains to be seen whether the current currency conflict is part of a lasting phase of a ›war without weapons‹ or will soon give way to a North-South policy influenced by political interests. n How to implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement once it expires: the regions South Kordofan, Abyei and Blue Nile on the border will bear the consequences. n The problems in North and South Sudan are similar, but since 9 July 2011 they have chosen different ways to resolve them.