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South Sudan: Urgent Steps Needed to Counter Inter-Communal Violence

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, South Sudan, Ethnicity & Race, Humanitarian Response, Politics, War & Conflict

Urgent steps are needed to counter inter-communal violence [1] in South Sudan: “Inter-communal violence in Jonglei and throughout South Sudan, while traditionally cyclical in nature, is not inevitable. The causes of this violence go beyond the retaliatory nature of cattle raiding and touch upon broader issues of accountability, reconciliation, political inclusion, state effectiveness, development, and the proliferation of arms among the civilian population.”