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Against the backdrop of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of 2005, this article discusses the future of Sudan-Egypt relations. Six years after the Sudanese CPA was signed, its strengths and weaknesses are easily discernable. The peace agreement kept its main promise: to stop the war between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement. Local violence, however, has been a growing problem in the South, causing more than 1000 deaths in 2009 alone. National elections in 2010 were a charade. International efforts to assist in recovery have been ineffective, and marred by lack of capacity and inappropriate plans. The authors argue that Egypt in particular has an opportunity to step up and contribute to this process.