South Sudan: We Refugees Are Divided. but We Also Hold the Key to Peace.

14 December 2018
analysis

That people in my refugee settlement would fight to the death for a seat to watch a football match is not normal. But there is hope.

15 December will mark five years since the start of South Sudan's conflict in 2013. The war has torn apart communities within South Sudan and fractured relationships even among South Sudanese refugees. The most vivid illustration of these deep inter-ethnic divisions came this June when a group of refugees where I live, in Rhino settlement in Uganda's Arua district, gathered to watch the Brazil vs Switzerland World Cup match. An argument over a seat in the hall triggered fighting that quickly escalated and eventually left four refugees dead.

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