Event Video: One Year of Conflict: Perspectives on South Sudan

Almost one year on from the outbreak of civil war in South Sudan, a lasting peace deal between the rival factions of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army remains out of reach. Regionally-brokered talks in Addis Ababa have been mired by continued fighting in the Greater Upper Nile region and disagreements over power-sharing in a transitional government. The conflict, which has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people and created almost 2 million internally displaced persons, has also increased