- Title
- An evaluation of the mediation process that led to the agreement for the resolution of conflict in South Sudan in August 2015
- Creator
- Osilo, Betty
- Subject
- Mediation -- Sudan
- Subject
- Conflict management -- Sudan Dispute resolution (Law) -- Sudan
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MPhil
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/34521
- Identifier
- vital:33389
- Description
- In December 2013, a civil war broke out in South Sudan, following the dismissal of the former Vice-President Riek Machar by President Salva Kiir, who accused him of attempting a coup. This led to the splitting of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) and saw the formation of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO). The political power struggle brought an ethnic dimension to the conflict with confrontations between the Dinka and the Nuer, the two largest ethnic groups in South Sudan. In August 2015, the Agreement for the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan, which was spear headed by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), was signed by President Salva Kiir, Riek Machar, and the G10. Riek Machar returned to the capital Juba, and the Transitional Government of National Unity was formed with his swearing in as the first Vice-President. However, the agreement did not hold as just a day before South Sudan’s fifth independence anniversary; shootings erupted outside the presidential palace in Juba causing Machar to flee. The collapse of the transitional government and an increase in the intensity of violence has threatened the security of the South Sudanese and entire region. This evaluative qualitative study applied the critical research methodology to examine the reasons for the continued civil war in South Sudan. It assessed why intervention through mediation by IGAD, which is the recognised regional authority, failed to bring about peace and stability in South Sudan. The study also applied the Contingency Framework of Mediation to South Sudan’s mediation process to explain the theoretical complexities surrounding the inability for the militant factions to find a sustainable peace agreement. It was found that the regional players and the international community were more interested in pushing for their own interests rather than achieving sustainable peace and stability. The study concludes that provided both the adversaries and the mediators lack a genuine commitment to the mediation process, little can be done to achieve peace and stability in South Sudan.
- Format
- ix, 110 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Arts
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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