Whether through calculated effort or callous neglect, the world can easily ignore what it fails to see. Today’s media proves that reality now more than ever. The industry panders to a world preoccupied with the Middle East while overlooking East Africa’s looming catastrophe. In South Sudan, political turmoil has ravaged the land and sentenced thousands to die by starvation. But the world that once aided its youngest country’s independence now sits distracted as its work unravels. The attention must be refocused back to South Sudan before the crisis becomes a tragedy; the Bureau for Food Security and the African Union (AU) can do so by ensuring political stability and establishing economic prosperity.
Overcoming that political and ethnic disorder
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Pre-secession, Karen Allen’s “Why Does South Sudan Matter So Much to the US?” reminds, the Obama administration had invested in South Sudan to be its success story for democratization as Americans could relate to the factional struggle (par. 9). Neither success nor empathy, however, could prepare the US, Christian Pelfrey’s “In Focus: Sudan - Why Should We Care?”proclaims, for South Sudan’s imminent failure. The remains of the potential devastation could breed terrorist networks (par. 11-13). Baronness Caroline Cox and Jessica Snapper’s “The Strategic Importance of South Sudan” explains the country’s location in central Africa makes it ideal to serve as a “non-Islamist bulwark” or a catalyst for militant Islamic expansionism. The conflict has already attracted Sudan’s Islamist leader to consider the young country key for his militant agenda (n.pag.). Barely five years old, South Sudan could already encompass an entire …show more content…
The bureau must partner with the AU to overcome the political instability connecting the current famine to its 1998 counterpart. Incorporating the AU translates into holding either party accountable for any human rights violation, as that lies outside the bureau’s scope. The AU can be a mediator within the transitional government and provide guidance, while the bureau supplies the necessary information on the country’s status. Only a partnership, however, can provide the close regional oversight necessary for long-term
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Every year, more and more money is donated to Africa to promote democracy in order to get rid of the powerful coups in many countries through out the continent. While the coups are declining and democratic governments are being established, the economic growth and development of Africa is not anywhere it should be considering the abundant natural resources and coastline that the continent possesses. Even though countries, like the United States of America, donate millions of dollars they are a large reason why Africa is underdeveloped economically. The Trans-Atlantic Slave trade is the most devastating event in the history of the world. Nearly 14,000,000 men, women, and children were displaced, sold into slavery, and killed by the trade routes.(
The history of humanitarian aid has been muddied by cases of NGOs and UN groups enabling violent groups by providing too much support and aid. During the Rwandan Genocide, two ethnic groups, the Hutus and the Tutsis, clashed and thousands of Tutsis were killed at the hands of the Hutus. Many people fled the country seeking refuge, and agencies set up refugee camps in some of the neighboring countries, beginning one of the largest humanitarian aid disasters that the world has ever seen (Lassiter 54). Many ex-combatants found their ways into these cams, receiving food and aid supplies. Some of these camps were even used as military bases where the ex-combatants could rally and then leave to kill their enemies. Thinking that they could curb reliance on aid workers and agencies, the aid was put under the control of the Rwandan soldiers. Because of the prejudice of the soldiers, only people of certain races and ethnicities received aid. The availability of aid to the military and militants enabled them to accomplish military objectives without fear of retribution. While the aid problems in the aftermat...
In 1898, Britain and Egypt took control over Sudan. This didn’t include Darfur, which was an independent territory ruled by a sultan. In 1916, Britain added Darfur to the territory it controlled. After World War II, in 1945, Britain and Egypt began preparing Sudan for independence. From 1945-1989, Darfur -remote from Khartoum and having invaluable resources- suffered neglect from all governments. Sudan has been independence since 1956. However, the journey that led to Sudan’s genocide in Darfur began in the late 1800s. It’s a complicated tale that involves conquest; internal politics; social, ethnical, racial, and re...
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The Darfur case however, revealed that both of these strategies are not effective. Responding to the genocide in Darfur, the US officials declared the label genocide to be occurring. Thereafter, a politically civil-society coalition emerged so as to lobby the administration. The net outcome of these two scenarios however was the same in the absence of effective policies that could halt the genocide. The Rwandan genocide has always acted as the point of reference for similar genocides taking place around the world. Since the 2003 crisis in Darfur, a lot of comparisons have been made to Rwandan genocide. Observers have likened the Darfur genocide to what happened in Rwanda and of course giving it two connotations. First, the violence in the western parts of Sudan has been referred to another Rwanda, by basing their arguments on the nature of the violence. Since whatever was happening in Darfur is similar t...
The lost boys of Sudan did not only show courage but also perseverance when they were forced to flee their home, leaving everything behind to find safety, after their village and all their loved ones were destroyed by the war.
Tadesse, Debay. Post-independence South Sudan: the challenges ahead. ISPI-ISTITUTO PER GU STUDI DI POLITICA INTERNAZIONALE. February 2012.no.46.
Perceptions of hierarchal conspiracy in the modern era are not entirely unfounded - especially when it comes to food supply. Currently, South Sudan in the midst of civil war, is undergoing a severe famine effecting roughly 5 million people. Arguably, the
Sudan is one of the poorest countries in the continent of Africa. Political instability in Sudan continued to bring famine, pestilence and death to the 3.5 million people who lived in that region. The violations of the rules of war committed by the government and the SPLA(Sudan People’s Liberation Army) factions were a direct and important cause of food shortages and deaths. The U.N. estimated that as many as 800,000 people were in immediate need of international food relief while another 700,000 needed non-food assistance as seeds, farming tools, etc just to feed the population of Sudan(Human Rights Watch). The country was in shambles with international trade deficits rising and constant famines making it nearly impossible to grow any food. This photograph was taken by Kevin Carter when the country was going through such a devastating crisis.
... and trying to make them cooperate was the biggest flaw of the British colonialism. Then when that didn’t work out, the British developed the North far more than the South, thus creating resentment in the South. With the end of colonialism the British left a nation that was unstable politically and culturally. The region, culture, language, and historical differences between the South and North leads to two civil wars for independence. Which further leads into an ethnic conflict in South Sudan. If no action is taken to bring peace between the two. There is a threat of those ethnicity fighting over resources, which could then potentially lead into a territorial conflict. And if South Sudan further divides there could be a possibility of a power vacuum happening, creating more chaos. All it takes is a single spark to trigger a series of unfortunate events.
Throughout the past 50 years there has been an increase in the attention given to transitional justice in the after math of violent conflicts. It is important to note that transitional justice developed not only as a result of state or government action, but also gradually through the growing relevance of civil society organizations. Civil society can be defined as encompassing, amongst other things, trade unions, religious organizations, foundations, political parties, and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Under the umbrella of civil society, NGOs have become a central part of the transition process that attempts to enable stability and strengthen ties within war torn societies. This synopsis will cover the growing relevance of NGOs
In this essay I will contend that the state failure in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo hereafter) can best be explained by local level analysis. I will claim that identifying the governance structures left behind by the DR Congo’s colonial legacy explains why the local level of analysis is better suited for explaining the DR Congo’s continued fragility. I will discuss the failures and successes of both the local and national level of analyses in explaining the actions of Mobutu (ruled 1965-1997) and Joseph Kabila (2001- Current). The comparison of the effectiveness of these levels of analyses will support the idea that the local level of analysis is more effective at explaining the state’s failure.
stability and peace in Burundi. The foreign policy of Burundi is to look for aid from