Fracturated state
Gaining independence on July 9, 2011, the world’s youngest nation was born. Welcoming South Sudan as the 193rd member to the community of nations, Secretary-General to the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, said, “I am confident that South Sudan will contribute to promote the objectives of security, peace, prosperity, friendship and cooperation between peoples.” Five years later the UN reported on the desperate situation in South Sudan: 2.5 million people uprooted in fighting that started with a political impasse in mid-December 2013 between President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar. More than 50,000 people killed, and nearly 100,000 civilians sought shelter in camps ran by the UN across the country. War, violence, famine, and disease have driven the East African nation into a humanitarian catastrophe.
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