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Casie Copeland, Crisis Group's Consulting Analyst and Jérôme Tubiana, Crisis Group's Sudan Senior Analyst, highlight the growing humanitarian crisis in South Sudan, recently declared a "Level 3" global emergency by the UNOCHR, a distinction shared only by Syria and the Central African Republic. The UN has worryingly issued a warning of famine in a country where perhaps 1 million people have been displaced in the last 3 months.

Casie Copeland, Crisis Group's Consulting Analyst and Jérôme Tubiana, Crisis Group's Sudan Senior Analyst, discuss the relationship of China, the biggest consumer of South Sudanese oil, with both Sudan and South Sudan.

2014 has seen South Sudan descend into civil war just a few years after independence. Consulting analyst Casie Copeland breaks down the different parties to the conflict and their demands.

2014 has seen South Sudan descend into civil war just a few years after independence. Consulting analyst Casie Copeland breaks down the different parties to the conflict and their demands.

Refocusing international engagement as well as the peace negotiations is essential to stop South Sudan’s raging civil war from claiming ever more lives.

Die Unabhängigkeit des Südsudan sollte die konfliktreiche Vergangenheit der Region beenden. Längst hat ein neuer Krieg begonnen. Noch immer ungelöst: die Darfur-Frage.

Wenn die Grenzregion zwischen Sudan und Südsudan befriedet werden soll, muss sie durchlässig werden.