UN mission in South Sudan 'failed to protect civilians' (Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/mission-south-sudan-failed-protect-civilians-161101170616631.html

Youth-led national dialogue the only option to avert disaster in South Sudan (Peter Biar Ajak, Brookings)

The conflict in South Sudan appears to be entering a particularly troubling phase: fully fledged ethnic wars. In recent months and weeks, ethnically motivated attacks against civilians traveling within Greater Equatoria region of South Sudan have dramatically increased. The victims of these attacks have been the members of Dinka ethnic group—the ethnic group of South Sudan President Salva Kiir. The perpetrators appear to be armed youth from Equatoria under the leadership of the armed opposition. These ethnically motivated killings could be committed by radicals on both sides, and not only motivate revenge and counter-revenge attacks, but potentially plunge South Sudan into a total tribal war. Instead of destroying our country through killings and revenge killings, the youth of South Sudan need to embark on a national dialogue to avert the impending disaster.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2016/10/12/youth-led-national-dialogue-the-only-option-to-avert-disaster-in-south-sudan/

'The crisis in South Sudan can’t be solved with more money. We need peace' (IOM, The Guardian)

Humanitarian funding for South Sudan has collapsed, according to Unicef. NGOs and aid agencies share their outlooks for the country

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South Sudan: ‘One of the most horrendous human rights situations in the world’, says UN (Stéphanie Thomson, WEF)

The news was greeted with jubilation: after decades of conflict in Sudan between the Arab-dominated north and the predominantly Christian, black south, South Sudan had won independence. An overwhelming majority – over 98% – of South Sudanese supported the move, hoping it would put an end to Africa’s longest civil war.

http://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/03/south-sudan-one-of-the-most-horrendous-human-rights-situations-in-the-world-says-un

Long And Dark Road To Peace: The Future Of South Sudan (Andrew Edward Tchie, JTW)

South Sudan, the world’s newest country, is in a more difficult position than it ever has been in before. Tens of thousands of civilians have died and several thousand have been steeped into ethnic conflict since the war began between the Dinka and Nuer ethnicities in December 2013. Fighters from both sides (SPAL- Government and SPAL-iO) went on a killing rampage, raping, and pillaging their way through towns and villages. Now, more than two million people have been forced out of their homes, according to senior officials at the United Nation Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

http://www.eurasiareview.com/17022016-long-and-dark-road-to-peace-the-future-of-south-sudan-analysis/

UNGA 2015. South Sudan. H.E. Mr. James Wani Igga, Vice-President

http://gadebate.un.org/70/south-sudan

Will the new deal end conflict in S Sudan? (Al Jazeera)

By demanding effective implementation of the deal, S Sudanese people could end the impunity of public officials.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/09/deal-conflict-sudan-150902083302702.html

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) South Sudan: independence movement gone wrong (Mehari Taddele Maru, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/07/south-sudan-independence-movement-wrong-150713115433659.html