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South Sudan

War and Peace in South Sudan

Cattle, Guns and the Search for a Nation

Today, South Sudan has its place on the world map, but it is not meaningfully sovereign. While the civil war has formally ended, it continues to manifest itself violently at the local level across the country, serving as a stark lesson for the “international community” that peace and security do not magically appear just because the big men in the capital have shaken hands.