South Sudan: finding the path to peace Wednesday, 19 February 2014 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
*Date & Time: *Wednesday 19 February, 7-9PM *Venue: *Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Room K6.29, King's Building, Strand Campus, King's College London, WC2R 2LS *Speakers: *Tim Morris, UK Special Envoy to the South Sudan Peace Talks; Gonyi Ajawin, Associate, Fasken Martineau LLP; More TBC* Chair: *Professor Jack Spence OBE, Department of War Studies, Kings College London *Event in partnerhip with the Department of War Studies at King's College London.* The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) achieved independence in 2011 under President Salva Kiir. Since secession, much of the international focus on South Sudan has been Salva Kiir's relationship with Omar al-Bashir, border demarcation and the oil pipeline, neglecting growing internal tensions within this new state. Just two years later following President Kiir's dismissal of this entire cabinet, a power struggle between the Kirr and his former Vice-President - Riek Machar erupted in Juba and spread throughout the country, especially in the oil regions such as Unity Sate. From 15th of December - 23 January rebels loyal to Reik Machar took up arms against the government in a conflict that has claimed an up to 10,000 lives and displaced an estimated 700,000 people. With a cease-fire agreed<http://aidleap.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/south_sudan_coh_signed.pdf> on the 23 January in Addis Ababa the prospects of securing peace are on the rise, but isolated instances of fighting between the SPLM and rebels threaten the agreement. The panel will explore some of the challenges the country may come up against on its path to peace, and consider the role of South Sudan's neighbours, the wider international community and non-state actors in South Sudan. *To attend this and all other Royal African Society events you must first register on the website here <http://www.royalafricansociety.org/user/register>. After which you will be able to register for free to this and all other events.* - See more at: http://www.royalafricansociety.org/event/south-sudan-finding-path-peace#sthash.KDzF2oBx.dpuf -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqTtwsuYjqkJmJbFKd-JC9OZRvfoN4N8QOK4cr6y%3Dt8wA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
