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Who's Keeping the War Going in South Sudan?

With as many as 1.5 million people displaced by conflict and a worsening humanitarian situation, South Sudan's former Vice President Riek Machar has turned down President Salva Kiir's latest peace offer - to incorporate the rebel leader into a transitional unity government prior to elections set for next year. Kiir blames the crisis on the rebel fighters. "I don't know when the suffering will stop," he told journalists during the U.S.-Africa Summit this month. "But if the warring parties would agree to stop fighting, automatically it will end the suffering, because the humanitarian assistance would flow to the people who are in need."

  • South Sudan:  Who's Keeping the War Going?

    allAfrica, 19 August 2014

    With as many as 1.5 million people displaced by conflict and a worsening humanitarian situation, South Sudan's former Vice President Riek Machar has turned down President Salva… Read more »

U.S. Department of State

South Sudanese President Salve Kiir meets U.S. Secretary of State John during the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in Washington, D.C.

InFocus

  • South Sudan:   Bentiu, South Sudan – Peter's Story

    Care International, 31 July 2014

    Peter Bothi is a storekeeper with the CARE South Sudan team in Bentiu. He is in charge of maintaining the inventory records of the stocks from the clinic and office that were once… Read more »

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