The South Sudanese Civil War
With so many entertaining events and programs going on in today’s society it’s hard to remember that the world is at war with one another. When people look past such distractions they soon realize how much violence, corruption and sorrow is truly permeating the planet. When it comes to wars this year, there are 10 to really keep a look out for. Out of those 10, though, one seemed quite interesting and that is the South Sudanese civil war.
South Sudan is a fairly new country and obtained its independence on July 9th, 2011. However, the events leading up to their independence wasn’t necessarily positive. Sudan and South sudan has had constant clashes in the past and the civil war South Sudan is facing now isn’t the …show more content…
A year after the country gained its independence, the Sudanese government signed a nonaggression pact with the South as well as shut the South’s oil export pipelines down. Situations like this and disagreements over topics like oil, trade, and security deals caused many conflicts over a number of years. These conflicts resulted in the present-day war in South Sudan, which began in December of 2013, making this the third civil war to be had for the South. The cause of this war is primarily due to Salva Kiir, the current president of South Sudan since 2011. His accusation against vice president Riek Machar is what precipitated a war. The accusation made against the vice president was that he plotted to overthrow the president. This created a separation in South Sudan made up of the government and the now civilian rebels on the side of Riek …show more content…
Since the disagreement within the country, rebel factions have begun to form and take control of several towns. In January 2014, a ceasefire agreement has been signed between the South Sudanese government and its rebels, but the agreement had been broken countless times along with failed attempts of peace talks. Later that year the vice president was charged with treason and although that may have seemed like a light of hope for many civilians, the war wasn’t quite over yet. In the year 2014 alone, thousands of people have been slaughtered, more than a million displaced and 5 million people were left in need of humanitarian aid. The UN Security Council described the 2014 food crisis in South Sudan as the worst in the
With so many entertaining events and programs going on in today’s society it’s hard to remember that the world is at war with one another. When people look past such distractions they soon realize how much violence, corruption and sorrow is truly permeating the planet. When it comes to wars this year, there are 10 to really keep a look out for. Out of those 10, though, one seemed quite interesting and that is the South Sudanese civil war.
South Sudan is a fairly new country and obtained its independence on July 9th, 2011. However, the events leading up to their independence wasn’t necessarily positive. Sudan and South sudan has had constant clashes in the past and the civil war South Sudan is facing now isn’t the …show more content…
A year after the country gained its independence, the Sudanese government signed a nonaggression pact with the South as well as shut the South’s oil export pipelines down. Situations like this and disagreements over topics like oil, trade, and security deals caused many conflicts over a number of years. These conflicts resulted in the present-day war in South Sudan, which began in December of 2013, making this the third civil war to be had for the South. The cause of this war is primarily due to Salva Kiir, the current president of South Sudan since 2011. His accusation against vice president Riek Machar is what precipitated a war. The accusation made against the vice president was that he plotted to overthrow the president. This created a separation in South Sudan made up of the government and the now civilian rebels on the side of Riek …show more content…
Since the disagreement within the country, rebel factions have begun to form and take control of several towns. In January 2014, a ceasefire agreement has been signed between the South Sudanese government and its rebels, but the agreement had been broken countless times along with failed attempts of peace talks. Later that year the vice president was charged with treason and although that may have seemed like a light of hope for many civilians, the war wasn’t quite over yet. In the year 2014 alone, thousands of people have been slaughtered, more than a million displaced and 5 million people were left in need of humanitarian aid. The UN Security Council described the 2014 food crisis in South Sudan as the worst in the