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| No End in Sight as South Sudan Conflict Enters 2nd Year |
| 2014-12-16 |
| UNITED NATIONS— One year after South Sudan's political infighting deteriorated into a deadly conflict, the parties appear no closer to silencing their guns and getting back to the business of building the world’s youngest nation. Since its 2011 move to independence, the country has spiraled into a humanitarian crisis that the U.N. says has left half the population hungry and nearly two million displaced. Politically motivated fighting over the last year alone has killed thousands — possibly tens of thousands — of South Sudanese. Ongoing efforts by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, an eight-nation regional trade bloc in Eastern Africa, have not yielded a solution to the fighting between President Salva Kiir and his former vice president Riek Machar. “This has lasted too long, it has been too costly, and, let’s face it, the leaders have not shown much regard for the livelihood of their citizens,” said U.N. Peacekeeping Chief Hervé Ladsous, who added that international pressure must be intensified. |
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