The South Sudanese Conflict Analysis. Conflict Profile Causes Actors and Dynamics

Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Security grade: A ( Atlantic International University ) (School of Business and Economics) course: International Relations language: English abstract: This thesis analyses causes of the current South Sudanese civil war that broke out on 15 December 2013. The clash in the Presidential Guards Unit triggered the war when President Salva Kiir from the Jieng (Dinka) ethnic group ordered the disarmament of Presidential guards from the Naath (Nuer) ethnic group. He also ordered execution of anyone from the Naath ethnicity which led to the massacre of more than 20000 Naath civilians in the capital Juba within two days. In retaliation the Naath conducted a counterstrike against the government and Jieng ethnic group and slaughtered the Jieng civilians. This research explores the history causes actors and dynamics of the conflict and Pan-Africanists' view on the causes of African wars and concludes that the cause of the war is lack of knowledge within the leadership of the ruling party the Sudan People's Liberation Movement. Lack of knowledge produced poor governance recklessness kleptocracy ethnocentrism tribalism loss of vision and lack of adherence to public causes.