Conflict in South Sudan While still struggling to achieve peace with Sudan since its independence in 2011, South Sudan is now rife with inner-conflict. Rebel forces led by the former Vice-President Riek Machar want to overthrow the South Sudanese government, led by President Salva Kiir. The U.S. must intervene in South Sudan, as it is an enduring interest within our National Security Strategy to maintain “An international order advanced by U.S. leadership that promotes peace, security, and opportunity
it must stop. The people involved in the genocide of Sudan, Africa, will not stop until they get what they want. The Sudanese Government caused the rebellion in their country by starving and abusing their people. Since the start of this war, the government has committed multiple war crimes. The people of Sudan have been suffering for over fifty years, and they need help. There are multiple causes and people associated with the genocide in Sudan, yet there is no outcome to this horrific tragedy. There
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
cultural (Huntington 1993, 1).” According to Huntington, cultural identities bind people together more fastidiously than those identities of nation state citizenship. Religion and culture are huge factors in people’s motivations from business, to politics, down to personal interactions. At the macro level Huntington adds, “Differences in religion and culture create difference over policy issues ranging from human rights to immigration to trade and commerce to the environment (Huntington 1993, 5).”
evidenced by the Second Sudanese Civil War, as the prior is essentially responsible for the recent succession of South Sudan, dissociating two ethnical groups, forcibly put together by former colonialist ties. It was a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended their two decade long war, and put forth a framework that would ultimately revise the economical, and social, design of Sudan, and subsequently most of Africa. Fundamentally, the CPA would not bring an end to the animosity between the North
discriminate people from another. Although people have the same rights, some of them are oppressed and trespassed by others in world politics. This essay will illustrate the role of human rights in world politics in three main points. Firstly, the definition of human rights will be illuminated. Secondly, it will exemplify the role of human rights in world politics. Finally, the challenge of human rights will be advanced. What are Human Rights? Human rights are described as the rights which valid
n to unify Sudan as an Islamic state by politicizing religion and placing religious ideologies at the heart of the conflict (Kustenbauder, 2012). Religion being politicized has been stuck together with globalization processes in two important ways. First, the religious conflict helped local actors from the northern government and southern rebels to gain support within the region and from international actors abroad. The colonial era may have been the origin of the concept of South Sudan, but the wars
Force of South Sudan would be highly privileged to grant their recommendations in an attempt to try truly understand South Sudan struggles that they have been battling ever since 1899. With all due to the respect of the South Sudanese civilians, our task force will genuinely ponder on what we believe would best suit the nation's current status. As well as provide a proposal that allows for the country to not only continue to grow but thrive and prosper. With the previous issues, Sudan has faced we
field of Nation’s strategic planning. Especially, In Sudan, my country, people have suffered many complex problems since the declaration of its independence. Moreover, occupying the third place among the most corrupted countries in the world¹, poor practicing of democracy, 46.5% of population are poor ², civil wars (Southern Sudan and Darfur) and lack of security are the main challenges of Sudan. After a profound analysis of the situation in Sudan I came to a conclusion that there is no clear vision
seventeen year old males originally lived normal lives with their relatives in southern Sudan (UNICEF). From 1898, until 1956, Britain and Egypt jointly had control over Sudan in what was called the Condominium, which caused conflict in Sudan (“The Sudanese Civil…”). Because of the civil war in Sudan, The Lost Boys became a group of refugees who had to evacuate their homeland (Bollag). The boys in southern Sudan were an underprivileged group even before the Sudanese Civil War broke
war and genocide in Sudan penned by Phillip Caputo. The characters veritably dance with life among the pages as they try to help the starving multi-ethnic Sudanese tribes. Set in the mid 1990's, there are no clearly defined protagonists or antagonists as Caputo shows in the novel the full circle of human nature, both evil and good, selfish and selfless. In this novel, various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world try to bring aid into an area of Sudan so dangerous that the
supported Egypt monopoly over the Nile, which has caused great tension between the Nile riparian countries. The Nile River is a gift to more than 10 countries that its tributaries flow through before reaching the Mediterranean Sea; however the hydro-politics of the Nile has been controlled with a “speak softly and carry a big stick” connotation by Egypt (AW 293). The history of the scramble for the Nile consists of the relationships Egypt has with its surrounding neighbors, colonial treaties, the characteristics
Destabilization of South Sudan Would Effect U.S. Foreign Policy In 2011, after nearly 50 years of conflict, citizens of the southern half of Sudan voted to secede and form their own country. On 9 July 2011, South Sudan was created amidst the uphill battle of legitimacy, governance, and economic stability in an already volatile region. Widespread poverty and an underdeveloped infrastructure plague the chances of South Sudan’s success. As the newest member of the United Nations, South Sudan receives military
been quite detrimental than beneficial to the people of South Sudan. On July 9, 2011, the 54th African state was born. Independence was fought to fight challenges that, as part of Sudan it endured for 56 years; however its current state has brought about challenges from within . This essay will discuss a brief history of Sudan and South Sudan and then analyse President Salva kiir’s speech in contrast to Former Nelson Mandelas’. In 1956 Sudan gained independence from the ruling of Britain, since the two
He is the confounder of program in Southern Sudan to watch for and prohibit civil war and the potential for mass atrocities. George Clooney and his father at the time of the fight for human rights in Sudan were arrested. When he got in the police car, he still did not go back on what he said he would do and stills teemed for Susan's people(Editors article). After he went to
remote and isolated outpost and a comparatively small and weak country” (Arenal 1). She does so in an effective manner by examining the influence of a particular sultan, Ahmad al-Mansur, and how he pushed the country into the forefront of global politics. Arenal succeeds in her argument by first detailing the countries natural resources and inhabitants of the time, followed by Ahmed’s influence once he assumed the throne in 1578. Morocco’s during the late 16th and early 17th century was a relatively
such as Syria and South Sudan continues to be a serious problem in terms of cultural competence, structural violence, and the access and presence of health care. Places that need healthcare now more than... ... middle of paper ... .... Ryan, Curtis. "The New Arab Cold War and the Struggle for Syria." MER 262 42 (2012): n. pag. Middle East Research and Information Project. 2012. Web. 19 Mar. 2014. Salman, Salman MA. "The New State of South Sudan and the Hydro-politics of the Nile Basin." Water
intensified, first as resistance, then rebellion, and finally an armed struggle for Eritrean national liberation that persisted until 1991. In October 1954, Sudan also voted for independence from its Egyptian and British colonizers. However, the people of South Sudan did not want to be subject to their historically cruel neighbors in Northern Sudan. They wanted to be given autonomy in a federal system, or they insisted on self-determination, including the possibility of independence from the North
Darfur region, part of Sudan, a civil war (often referred to as genocide) has been occurring for approximately 8 years. The current conflict began in 2003 when rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army and the Justice and Equality Movement, made up of the Fur, Zaghawa and Masalit tribes took up arms against the government of Sudan because the non-Arab Sudanese felt oppressed and that the government was in favor of Sudanese Arabs. A previous period of conflict in Sudan-Darfur during 1985-1988
February 2003 more than four-hundred thousand Darfuri citizens have been found slaughtered on the side of the streets of their home town. Prior to 2003, Darfur, Sudan has a population of six million people. In 2003, two rebel groups came to the conclusion of the government’s neglect in decision to rise against the government of Sudan. As a result, the Sudanese government unleashed the forces of Arab militias (also known as the Janjaweed). With blood on their hands, the Janjaweed have been the