More than a year after it was signed, Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is showing signs of strain, says the International Crisis Group (ICG). "While the agreement ended one of Africa’s longest and bloodiest civil wars, it was an agreement between only two parties, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) and the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), and continues to lack broader support throughout the country, particularly in the North."