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Since 15 December 2013, a little more than two years after its independence, South Sudan has been once more gripped by violence. Fighting between supporters of President Salva Kirr and the former Vice-president Riek Machar broke out in Juba, the country’s capital, and then spread rapidly to the States of Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile. The current humanitarian situation is disastrous. Thousands of South Sudanese women and men have been killed and thousands more have had to seek shelter in camps. Despite the attempts at peace negotiations begun in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, the fighting goes on and the political, military and humanitarian crisis continues to intensify.
Why was the international community, present in South Sudan since 2005, not able to prevent this conflict? What responsibility does it have? And what is the role of civil society and state actors today in managing the current crisis? This issue tries to answer those questions and provides an overview of the activities of KOFF member organisations in the region.