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This briefing seeks to explain the root causes of the ongoing crisis, focusing on divisions within the governing party and issues of military integration. Download

Drawing on research conducted by Human Rights Watch staff in Nairobi and Juba, this report focuses on criminal accountability for serious crimes committed during South Sudan’s current conflict.

The purpose of this paper is to chronicle three conflicts in Sudan and it attempts to explain why the occur, emphasizing the role of the elites in these conflicts. The paper provides an analysis of grassroots conflicts in Sudan. The paper uses the Dinka-Mundari-Bari Conflict in Central Equatoria State in Southern Sudan as a case study to expound the argument that elites play an important role in transforming low key community disputes involving competition over…

This briefing explains the composition and contributing factors to the emergence of the SPLM-IO. Download

This commentary outlines a number of political development that have fuelled the armed conflict since December 2013. Download

Based on 55 interviews conducted with recently arrived refugees from South Sudan and Ugandan government officials, this report explores not only the immediate predicament facing these recently arrived refugees, but also the longer-term implications for peace and security in South Sudan, as reflected in their understanding of the conflict. Download

This report presents the findings of investigations and documents by the Human Rights Division of UNMISS and suggests that gross human rights violations were committed on a massive scale with civilians being directly targeted along ethnic lines by both parties of the conflict. These conclusions obligate according to the report that the government of South Sudan to investigate, prosecute and punish those found to be responsible. It argues that South Sudan’s failure to have ever…

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