A Pause Not a Peace: Conflict in Jonglei and the GPAA
Situation Update: South Sudan
A reshuffle of Jonglei’s state government is underway, precipitated by the out-going leadership’s inability to quell chronic armed violence and raiding in the state.. While the current rainy season will prevent large-scale raiding in the coming months, attacks on humanitarian convoys and low-level raiding continue, with women and children abducted. There are alarming signs that abductions are becoming commercialized, with the money paid for abductees’ release being used to purchase ammunition and other materiel, sometimes bought from SSPDF soldiers.
'A Pause Not a Peace: Conflict in Jonglei and the GPAA'— a new Situation Update from the Small Arms Survey’s Human Security Baseline Assessment for Sudan and South Sudan (HSBA) project — examines current political dynamics in Jonglei, prospects for peace, and what can be done to mitigate violence against civilians.
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The commodification of abductions
Security and legitimacy in the absence of the state
The political state of Jonglei
Humanitarian delivery and diversion
Implications for the international community
This Situation Update was funded by a grant from the United States Department of State. The opinions, findings, and conclusions stated herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Department of State.
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For more, check out:
- Upper Nile Prepares to Return to War — our first Situation Update on the region
- The Periphery Cannot Hold: Upper Nile since the Signing of the R-ARCSS — an in-depth report on current political and conflict dynamics in Upper Nile
- The Human Security Baseline Assessment for Sudan and South Sudan (HSBA) project page
- South Sudan outputs in our Resource Library