Africa's youngest state has a long way to go before it can put conflict behind it for good.
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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.
South Sudan faces numerous and serious challenges contributing to instability. But there are potential solutions.
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.
Last month South Sudan announced a dramatic increase in the cost of aid-worker permits from $100 to $10,000. It's now backtracked on the decision.
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.
Despite President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar’s calls for calm, hundreds have been killed and thousands displaced in renewed fighting in Juba.
The Sudanese government and its armed opposition are both unhappy with the ceasefire they signed. Senior military officers have also publicly voiced their disapproval of the induced deal.
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Senior Research Fellow for Africa Security and Obasanjo Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, King's College London
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Academic Tutor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Politics, University of Birmingham
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Director, International Development Department, University of Birmingham
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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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Assistant Professor of History and African Studies, Penn State
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Professor of Practice for Security Studies, Africa Center for Strategic Studies
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Notre Dame
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Research Associate Professor & Associate Director, Peace Accords Matrix (PAM), University of Notre Dame
