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The UN voted to extend its presence in South Sudan for another year. However, its success in the country faces many challenges.
Kiir and Machar have been pivotal figures in most of South Sudan’s short history as an independent nation.
South Sudan wants to create a professional army from rival forces in under 12 months. It’s a lofty timeline that faces many challenges.
Barges transporting goods can end up paying up to US$10,000 in taxes for one trip.
Africa’s youngest state has a long way to go before it can put conflict behind it for good.
South Sudan has had many opportunities to create a lasting peace but so far all efforts have been unsuccessful.
South Sudan has been in the business of building peace for years but is no closer to implementing the roadmap to peace than when it drafted the first agreement.
Warring factions in South Sudan have signed numerous peace deals none of which have held.
South Sudan’s road to peace has been bumpy but there’s hope.
The return of South Sudan’s opposition leader
is likely to solidify the permanent ceasefire.
Today in South Sudan’s political climate, footballing success may wield more symbolic importance than anything else.
The numerous opposition groups battling to unseat President Salva Kiir lack a shared agenda and common approach. Sadly, too, no group is working towards a unified future for South Sudan.
One of the worst humanitarian disasters in decades is well underway in East Africa.
South Sudan seceded from Sudan in 2011 after a protracted war of independence that started in 1955. One internal struggle in this war was between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army’s (SPLA) leadership…
There’s still hope South Sudan can avoid becoming a full failed state. This will require radical changes in Juba’s mindset and bolder action from regional and international players.
The risk factors at the heart of vulnerability to conflict can be resolved. But the first step is a ceasefire founded on an inclusive and credible agreement underwritten by the international community
The world needs to take urgent steps to stop the threat of mass massacres in South Sudan with tough measures that must include direct legal and financial sanctions against the main protagonists.
If fighting continues and controversial policies are not reversed, it’s only a matter of time before full scale fighting breaks out again in South Sudan.
Betrayed by corrupt mismanagement and personalised leadership, the world’s youngest country is in danger of total collapse.
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Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Visiting Professor University of Buckingham, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
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Academic Tutor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Politics, University of Birmingham
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Research Professor & Associate Director, Peace Accords Matrix (PAM), University of Notre Dame
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Professor, Weber State University
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Head of Flexible Engagements, International Growth Centre
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Assistant Professor, Department of International Studies, Indiana University
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South Sudan Senior Advisor, International Growth Centre, and PhD candidate, University of Cambridge, International Growth Centre
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Lecturer of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College
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Senior researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies
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Associate Professor of History, University of Washington
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Researcher at the International Peace Information Service (IPIS)
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Notre Dame
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Professor and Director of Conflict, Security and Development Research Group, King's College London
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Bergen
