South Sudan at War with Itself: The World's Newest State Unravels

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A Simmons College Warburg Panel Discussion

Hopes were high in 2011 when South Sudan split from Sudan to become the world’s newest state. But now, just three years later, South Sudan is on the brink civil war. Two months of fighting between rival political and ethnic groups have killed tens of thousands and driven 400,000 civilians from their homes. Reports of new atrocities arrive almost daily.  

South Sudan matters not just because of its oil wealth. It has been a test case in the use of international aid to lift a fledgling state out of a legacy of war and poverty. This experiment is now failing.

Will South Sudan lapse into a full scale civil war? How can South Sudan build the legitimate, inclusive and capable institutions its needs to have a real chance of peace and development?

Please join us for a discussion of the crisis in South Sudan with a panel of scholars and expert practitioners.

PANELISTS WILL INCLUDE:

Kate Almquist KNOPF
Adjunct Faculty, Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Former Assistant Administrator for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Professor Dan CONNELL
Senior Lecturer, Simmons College

Ambassador (ret) William M. BELLAMY
Warburg Professor of International Relations, Simmons College

Location:

Special Functions Room

(1st Floor, Main Campus Building-Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston)