South Sudan: Is a coalition government the best path to peace?

IGAD has given the warring factions in the South Sudanese conflict to come up with a unity government in the next 45 days. This unity government will draw from both President Kiir's side, and Vice President Riek Machar's side. But is a unity government the best path to peace? From elsewhere in the continent, it appears so. In Kenya, during the 2007/08 conflict, the warring sides in the election dispute, former President Mwai Kibaki and former Prime minister Raila Odinga, agreed to form a coalition government that finally brought peace to the country. Even though the two sides formed a government that was too broad and burdened the Kenyan

South Sudan ceasefire, why the war must end.

The regional body, IGAD, has given South Sudan 45 days to implement the ceasefire signed. This will be a long wait for a country that has known only war for much its three years Independence period. The war, which started after rebel soldiers reportedly attacked the army barracks, soon took on an ethnic dimension, and so far, the war has claimed tens of thousands and displaced millions. The country is on the brink of a famine because of the missed agricultural season. Meanwhile, the country's top two most leaders, president Salva Kiir, and former Vice President Riek Machar continue to be at loggerheads, and it is only international

South Sudan-US gives 180 million dollars in aid.

The US is putting pressure on both sides of the conflict in South
Sudan to put an end to the 9 month conflict. The conflict that began
in December last year has left thousands dead and nearly a million
displaced. The conflict pitting former Vice President Riek Machar and
President Salva Kiir, has ground the South Sudan economy to a near
halt, and more than a million people are set to be affected by famine,
after the agricultural season failed due to the coflict. Currently,
oil revenues account for about 98 percent of the government's foreign
exchange. As a result of the raving famine, the United States has given an aid worth about $180 million to combat the looming famine in the country.