Partitioning a Country--Sudanese Example

So, what happens when you partition a state as a means of dealing with a protracted ethnic/civil war?  For my two cents, not much good comes of partition.  I was not enamored of the idea of creating South Sudan, for while it appears a solution to a decades long struggle claiming way too many lives, it does not end the enmity between the parties involved.  Particualrly problematic is that the creation of South Sudan left unclear borders and unclear division of oil resources.  Now, what has happened?  South Sudan and Sudan are fighting over control of oil fields.  So what was an intrastate conflict is now an interstate conflict.  Once again, partition has failed to yield desired results.

Read about it here.