One year ago today, violence broke out between different factions of South Sudan’s security forces. Within days, the fighting had spread from Juba, the capital, to…

Source: foreignpolicy.com

Basically, they should help themselves, that’s Kee-moon bottom-line. Maybe the time has come to give up on South Sudan, for now. "The United Nations, the African Union, and IGAD have done what we can, and will continue to do so. Now it is up to South Sudan’s leaders to show their people and the world that they are committed to peace and to preserving the unity of their young country. The people of South Sudan went through decades of war in their struggle for independence. Three years after achieving their goal, they are locked in a struggle for survival. South Sudan’s leaders must pull their country back from the brink."

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