Riek Machar

and continues to impede the nation's growth. South Sudan seceded from Sudan in July 2011 and became an independent country. trouble began in July 2013 and when president Salva Kiir, amongst tensions and rumors of corruption, dismissed his entire cabinet including vice president Riek Machar. in December 2013, 500 died and 800 were wounded in the failed coup attempt by soldiers loyal to former vice president Machar. This marked the beginning of the current conflict. a ceasefire assigned to go into effect January 24th after over 3 weeks of violence that forced over 200,000 from their homes and left over 1000 dead. The ceasefire doesn't last long with reports of fighting just Weeks Later. In April 2014, the Bentiu massacre occurs, which is described as The worst massacre of the ongoing Civil War. August 25th 2015 the United Nations estimates that 2.2 million people have been displaced and South Sudan is facing food shortages and diseases due to the conflict. a later president Salva Kiir Signs a peace deal with Rebel leader Riek Machar. in an effort to end the Civil War Machar is reinstated as vice president. Fighting and dead continue even as as both leaders call for a ceasefire vice president Machar is removed from office again on July 23, 2016. on February 20, 2017, famine is formally declared in parts of Unity State, Where 100,000 face starvation. Outside intervention has been attempted many times, but efforts had failed to stop the violence. there are already over…

new nation, its image has been tainted with accusations of political corruption and mischief within the government. In 2013 when South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir dismissed Vice President Riek Machar. Their ethnic groups Dinka (Kiir’s group) and (Nuer’s group) broke out fighting in the streets. For this assignment I would like analyze the effect this friction in government has influenced and caused major issues in the political spheres within South Sudan. I selected this issue because I am…

South Sudan is the world’s newest country as they gained hard-fought independence in 2011. The team that worked together to gain this sovereignty soon became divided upon their success as president Salva Kiir accused his vice, Riek Machar, of planning to overthrow him. Machar then reacted by publicly calling for the overthrow of Kiir as he jailed several respected South Sudanese politicians for their supposed plan. In other words, a civil war emerged in December of 2015 and a clear ethnic divide…

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…

Every nation wants independence to escape conflicts, but in the case of South Sudan, separating from Sudan was a decision that may not have been the brightest. Instead of some conflicts being resolved, they have followed South Sudan, and have created even more conflicts. South Sudan was once apart of Sudan, but on July 9, 2011, the territory split into it’s own country, gaining Independence. The government's main concern has been to get oil flowing following disagreements with Khartoum -…

The president had accused Machar and several others of attempting a coup d’etat which of course Machar denied, and then fled. After this, fighting broke out between the SPLM and the SPLM-in opposition, igniting the current civil war in South Sudan. During January 2014, the first ceasefire agreement was reached, however the fighting still continued and was then followed by more ceasefire agreements, being mediated by a group called IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development) which is an…

Sierra Leone is well known for their continuous dependency on children to fight against the government. Most of these children are abducted or manipulated into joining the ranks of RUF where they are tasked with fighting on the front lines and forced to commit atrocities such as rape and mutilation. The rebel group RUF is not the only military group to be using children, the Sierra Leone government has admitted 1/5 of its 250,000 strong army as being children. As a result of the civil war…

During the civil war, the 60 some ethnic groups in South Sudan put aside their differences, to fight the north. Yet once independence was gained, they continued their hostile attitudes toward one another. The two largest ethnic groups are the Dinka (35%) and the Nuer (15%). The South Sudanese president, Salva Kiir, is a Dinka, but appointed Riek Machar, a Nuer, as vice president, as a way to express unity among the new nations ethnic groups. Machar soon started to berate Kiir’s policies, and…

Once South Sudan gained its independence in 2011 the economy grew worse and has continued to decline since 2013 (BBC, ). South Sudan currently has one of the least developed economies in Africa. Even though there is plenty of oil in South Sudan, the refineries and pipelines are in North Sudan (BBC,) and the political tensions result in neither country being able to capitalize on the available wealth. The president of current day South Sudan is Salva Kiir, whose ethnic background is of the Dinka…

The Republic of South Sudan is known as the youngest and newest state of the international community. It gained independence on July 9, 2011 as a result of a 2005 peace deal that ended the longest-running civil war in Africa. However, a couple of years later crisis struck the new state during a power struggle between President Salva Kiir and former Vice-President Riek Machar whom he sacked due to accusations of planning a coup. Machar denied the accusations but still mobilized a rebel force…