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Conflict of 2013-15
Conflict in Western Equatoria State (25 July 2016)
Conflict Map, Western Equatoria State (25 July 2016)
A Fractious Rebellion: Inside the SPLM-IO, Working Paper 39, September 2015
The Conflict in Unity State - with conflict map (3 July 2015)
Abyei Update (17 April 2015)
Abyei map (17 April 2015)
The Conflict in Upper Nile State – with conflict map (16 April 2015)
Conflict map -- Upper Nile (16 April 2015)
Sudan’s Military Industry Corporation display at the 2015 IDEX convention (9 March 2015)
Conflict in the Two Areas (30 January 2015)
Update on Abyei (30 January 2015)
Conflict map -- Upper Nile (16 April 2015)
The Conflict in Upper Nile State – with conflict map (16 April 2015)
Conflict map -- Upper Nile (16 April 2015)
The Conflict in Unity State - with conflict map (14 April 2015)
Conflict map - Unity (14 April 2015)
Sudan’s Military Industry Corporation display at the 2015 IDEX convention (9 March 2015)
Conflict in the Two Areas (30 January 2015)
Update on Abyei (30 January 2015)
Conflict map - Unity State (2 October 2014)
Podcast Transcript - Analysis of South Sudan Crisis
(19 May 2014)
South Sudan Crisis Timeline
(27 June 2014)
The SPLM-in-Opposition
(2 May 2014)
The Conflict in Unity State
(2 May 2014)
The Conflict in Upper Nile State
(2 May 2014)
The Conflict in Jonglei
(2 May 2014)
Conflict in South Sudan
In late December 2013, following months of deteriorating political relations between the president and opposition members, armed conflict erupted between elements of the presidential guard in Juba. In rapid succession, conflicts erupted in Jonglei, Unity, and Upper Nile states, with the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) splitting its allegiances between the government camp and that of former vice-president Riek Machar, whose forces are known as the SPLM-in Opposition.
The conflict, which has both political and ethnic dimensions, has engulfed areas of Greater Upper Nile in clashes between rebels and army forces, with both sides engaging in the targeting of civilians. Major tows such as Malakal, the capital of Upper Nile, have been burned to the ground, causing hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee and creating a humanitarian emergency.
The conflict has also developed regional proportions, with the Ugandan People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) intervening to provide key military support to the Juba government, in some cases taking the lead in battling rebels. Hopes for a negotiated settlement were low for much of 2015 but revived with the signing of the IGAD-mediated compromise agreement of August 2015.
Click on the links in the right and left navigation bar to read more about the SPLM-in-Opposition, the Conflict in Unity, the Conflict in Upper Nile, and the Conflict in Jonglei.
For a timeline of the current crisis through the end of May 2014, click here.
For an analysis of the crisis in South Sudan as of late May 2014, please click here for part one and part two of an interview with HSBA consultant Joshua Craze. The transcript of the full interview is available here.
