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SUMMARY:Conflict and Crisis in South Sudan: Roundtable - Dr Sharath Sriniv
 asan (CGHR/POLIS\, University of Cambridge)\, Peter Ajak (PhD Student\, PO
 LIS) and Dr Laura James (Independent Consultant and Former Economic Advise
 r to African Union High-Level Implementation Panel for Sudan)
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CONTACT:Ansa Khan Khattak
DESCRIPTION:The world's newest state is in the grip of a spiralling civil 
 conflict with devastating human impact on its war-ravaged and impoverished
  population. On December 15\, 2013\, fighting broke out within the Preside
 ntial Guards unit\, prompting President Salva Kiir to accuse his former de
 puty\, Riek Machar\, of an attempted coup.  Although Machar denied the cha
 rge\, he quickly declared himself the leader of a rebellion\, composed of 
 defected soldiers from the army and allied tribal militia\, with the aim o
 f ousting Kiir from power.  Numbers are hard to come by\, but it is estima
 ted the one-month old conflict has killed over 10\,000 people and displace
 d over 300\,000 civilians. It has brought the two-year old nation to the b
 rink of civil war\, possibly already well beyond.  With Uganda already ack
 nowledging an active military presence supporting the Government\, the con
 flict risks intervention by Sudan\, whose economy depends on fees levied o
 n the transportation of South Sudan's oil to world markets.\n\nThis roundt
 able discussion give a snapshot of the conflict and its consequences to da
 te\, before exploring its underlying causes\, the implications for Sudan /
  South Sudan relations and the implications for regional and international
  efforts at peacemaking and peacebuilding in the Sudans in recent years.\n
 \nDr Sharath Srinivasan directs the Centre of Governance and Human Rights 
 (CGHR) and is a lecturer in POLIS. He is also Director of Studies for the 
 "Rift Valley Institute's":http://www.riftvalley.net 2014 Sudan/South Sudan
  field course. He has researched and written on conflict and international
  intervention in Sudan/South Sudan for over a decade.\n\nPeter Ajak is a P
 hD student in politics and international relations at the University of Ca
 mbridge. He is also the Founder and Director of the Center for Strategic A
 nalyses and Research (C-SAR)\, an independent policy think-tank based in J
 uba\, South Sudan and the CEO of South Sudan Wrestling Entertainment (SSWE
 ).\n\nDr Laura James is an Independent Consultant and former Economic Advi
 ser to the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel for Sudan (AUHIP)
 .\n\nShort presentations will be followed by a longer group discussion.
LOCATION:S1\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Rd\, CB3 9D
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