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1.	South Sudan’s unwanted peace agreement
	Author: James Copnall	Date Written: 27 August 2015
	Primary Category: Sudan and South Sudan	Document Origin: African arguments.
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://africanarguments.org
	Key Words: South Sudan, IGAD, Kiir, Riek, peace agreement, doubts
	Summary & Comment: "South Sudan’s leaders have failed their country in its short life. But it is not too late for them to redeem themselves." Kiir has very serious doubts and reservations- probably felt forced into the agreement by IGAD+PLUS. Riek has less to lose. JK
2.	John Garang Remembered 10 Years On
	Author: Mawan Muortat	Date Written: 18 August 2015
	Primary Category: Sudan and South Sudan	Document Origin: African Arguments
	Secondary Category: History	Source URL: http://africanarguments.org
	Key Words: John Garang, South Sudan, SPLM
	Summary & Comment: John Garang’s political and military abilities are rarely questioned, but the influences that led him to acquire and champion the political ideas that later set him apart from the other Sudanese leaders of his generation are poorly understood. MM
3.	South Sudan: A Rain of Bombs in the Nuba Mountains
	Author: Nicolas Kristoff	Date Written: 20 June 2015
	Primary Category: Sudan and South Sudan	Document Origin: NY Times
	Secondary Category: Youth & Children	Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/l
	Key Words: Sudan; south Sudan, Nuba, bombing.
	Summary & Comment: AS it has been for years, the Sudan government maintains low level warfare against the villagers in the Nuba mountains. Kristoff reports graphically what seems like genocide of the Nuba. But violence is really against those who have or may have oil resources under their territories... His last sentence: "That single shell killed six cousins in one . . . [expand]
4.	South Sudan: FAO Warns of Deteriorating Situation as Food Crisis Escalates
	Author: News from Africa	Date Written: 7 February 2015
	Primary Category: Sudan and South Sudan	Document Origin: News from Africa
	Secondary Category: Food and Land	Source URL: http://www.newsfromafrica.org/
	Key Words: South Sudan, food crisis, civil war, relief.
	Summary & Comment: "There are now 2,5 m. people needing food badly - more than double the number of people who were experiencing this high level of food insecurity in December 2013, when the current conflict broke out, bringing the country once again to the brink of a major hunger crisis. " Fighting prevents villagers from planting and harvesting crops. J . . . [expand]
5.	Sudan and South Sudan’s Merging conflicts
	Author: International Crisis Group	Date Written: 29 January 2015
	Primary Category: Sudan and South Sudan	Document Origin: ICG
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org
	Key Words: Sudan, South Sudan , conflict, arms embargo
	Summary & Comment: Intro and Exec summary of the New ICG report. The conflicts in Sudan and South Sudan are increasingly merged. Halting drift toward a Uganda-Sudan proxy war on the Sudan-South Sudan border requires better coordination by regional organisations and more engagement by influential outside powers, notably China and the U.S., including via the UN Securit . . . [expand]
6.	The South Sudan peace process: prospects for 2015
	Author: Editor	Date Written: 6 January 2015
	Primary Category: Sudan and South Sudan	Document Origin: African Arguments
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://africanarguments.org
	Key Words: South Sudan, IGAD, peace process, fighting,
	Summary & Comment: Ongoing fighting makes negotiations difficult. But the lack of good will and a hard search for points of agreement mean that not enough serious talking has not been taking place. IGAD will come in again, and perhaps its the last chance for them; they are discouraged by lack of follow through. JK
7.	South Sudan: International community calls on leaders to put their people first and end conflict.
	Author: NewsfromAfrica	Date Written: 26 September 2014
	Primary Category: Sudan and South Sudan	Document Origin: NewsfromAfrica
	Secondary Category: AU/NEPAD	Source URL: http://www.newsfromafrica.org/
	Key Words: Sudan, call for peace, AU, UN,nations
	Summary & Comment: World leaders, aid chiefs and other senior representatives came together on September 26 at the United Nations to raise awareness of the urgency of the humanitarian situation and call for a peaceful solution to the crisis. Nearly forty Member States and regional bodies took part, underscoring the high priority this crisis holds for the internationa . . . [expand]