The Role of IGAD in Resolution of the Conflict of South Sudan
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2019-12
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The Republic of South Sudan which has got its independence after long time civil war of Sudan faced another civil war. It only took almost two years for South Sudan to enter into another civil war after the end of the civil war of northern and southern Sudan. The hope of the people of South Sudan to have peaceful life after their independence was not realized. Conflict started in December 2013 between the soldiers of the ruling party and the supporters of the former Vice President Riech Machar after the removal of the former Vice President Riech Machar in July 2013. The main reason for the conflict was power struggle between the two rivals, President Salva Kiir and his former Vice President Riech Machar.
The power struggle soon turned into an ethnic rampage. Immediately after the beginning of the civil war the East African Regional organization, IGAD had started its mediation role to resolve the conflict. IGAD employed different mechanisms of mediation to end the civil war. However, bringing peace in the land of South Sudan has taken long time. The state was under civil war for the last five years. Within this period the conflict resulted in different crisis, such as loss of huge number of human lives, injuries, internal displacement of people, refuge of the people to the different states, destruction of different infrastructure. Despite its continuing efforts of mediation, it was not easy for IGAD to bring peace on the land of South Sudan. There are different factors behind the failure of IGAD‘s peace process.
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Role of IGAD,Conflict of South Sudan,South Sudan,IGAD