the civil war in south sudan started on 18 august 1955.
the civil war in south sudan started on 18 august 1955.
when did the civil war in south sudan start?
18 august 1955
tensions started after the death of south sudanese revolutionary leader, john garang de mabior, shortly after signing the comprehensive peace agreement(cpa) (which ended second sudanese civil war) and was sworn in as sudan’s first vice president and president of the government of south sudan in 2005. he was succeeded by his deputy by splm hierarchy, salva kiir mayardit for the interim period from 2005-2011. after independence in 2011, the country gained its independence for about 100 percent votes for separation from sudan. shortly, internal debates, criticism, and concerns arose towards president salva kiir mayardit leadership and the splm party directions. these questions arose on concerns about no progress to the oil flowing since the breakaway/ separation with the khartoum government. south sudan sells her oil production to the world through the khartoum government pipelines. moreover, allegations that the party had lost direction since the independence referendum, and had no clearly defined visions or programmes for national development and national unity. thus, there were many uncertainties on the 2015 elections. that is, how the multi-party shall be implemented and who is going to run for elections considering the country was still under on party system. debates when on up to july 2013, when president salva kiir mayardit dismissed his whole cabinet, including his vice riek machar, and recruited new cabinet outside splm party, and the criticisms that accompanied were suppressed by the state security. it is believed that this purge was aimed at political rivals within the government, thereby reviving the past violent factionalism that was evident during the second sudanese civil war. the confrontations, accusations of mismanagement of public funds and tribalism and intentions by political figures upon the upcoming elections in 2015 started fights in juba on 15 december 2013. followed by the arrest of the political figures( south sudan's eleven political detainees) except riek machar who managed to escape. furthermore, ethnically charged fightings soon spread in other states: upper nile state, unity state and jonglei state and all over killing thousands of people, forcing many to flee and shutting down of oil fields.
south sudan: peace status
section::::government and politics of south sudan.:military of south sudan.









































military of south sudan









































bullet::::- command









































bullet::::- commander-in-chief: president of south sudan









































bullet::::- ministry of defence and veterans affairs (south sudan)









































bullet::::- forces









































bullet::::- army of south sudan









































bullet::::- navy of south sudan: none









































section::::government and politics of south sudan.:local government in south sudan.









































local government in south sudan









































section::::history of south sudan.









































history of south sudan









































section::::history of south sudan.:history of south sudan, by period.









































bullet::::- addis ababa agreement (1972)









































bullet::::- anyanya









































bullet::::- first sudanese civil war









































bullet::::- second sudanese civil war









































bullet::::- south kordofan conflict
outline of south sudan