The Southern African Liaison Office

The Southern African Liaison Office

International liaison, dialogue and research.

South Sudan 

Dialogue Online No2 of 2017- “The Role of the International Community in South Sudan” by Ms Emmaculate Asige, 19 July 2017

SALO

As shown by cases such as the Rwandan Genocide, the international community’s reaction to African civil wars has often been too weak, too little and/or too late. However, since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005, the presence of international actors in pursuit of peace in South Sudan has been recorded as overwhelming. Even so, the question remains whether the international community will learn from past mistakes in their efforts toward achieving peace and eventually rebuilding South Sudan.

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