CNN Op-ed: Sanctions Threats Are Not Enough
Posted by Enough Team on Jun 25, 2015
Editor's Note: This op-ed originally appeared on CNN.com on June 25,
2015 and was written by Satellite Sentinel Project co-founders George
Clooney and John Prendergast and Enough Project Policy Analyst Akshaya
Kumar. Their piece argues that since greed is driving the calculations
of South Sudan’s government and rebel leaders, the surest route to
peace is by hitting them in their wallets with biting sanctions.
The scale of the crisis facing South Sudan is hard to comprehend -- 2
million people have been displaced as the country has tumbled back
into a greed-driven war that has also left almost half the population
without enough food to eat.
To stop the death spiral, the United States and South Sudan's
neighbors must urgently fashion a new approach to peacemaking that
creates a more effective peace process, one with serious, biting
consequences for those South Sudanese government and rebel leaders who
continue to fan the flames of war and who are completely insulated
from the suffering of their people.
With this in mind, President Barack Obama's visit to Kenya and
Ethiopia next month provides a golden opportunity to help rescue one
of the central legacies of his administration in Africa: American
support for the creation of the world's newest state...
Read the full op-ed on CNN.com
Image: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, left, shakes hands with
rebel leader and former vice president Riek Machar, right, after
signing an agreement at the end of talks in Arusha, Tanzania; January
21, 2015. (AP Photo)
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