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South Sudan

Archaeological Map

US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Country Overview

Targeted Groups
Perpetrators
Alert Status
Genocide Stage(s)
  • Civilians

  • Dinka militias & Kiir's government forces 

  • Nuer militias

Emergency
Stage 9: Extermination

Details

Since South Sudan's civil war began in 2013, Dinka government forces and Nuer militias have tortured, raped, and killed hundreds of thousands civilians based on ethnicity. Conflict in the country has resulted in 2.4 million refugees and 2.3 million internally displaced. Today, an estimated 9.4 million people require humanitarian assisstance and 7.1 million civilians face acute food insecurity. Growing insecurity due to the ongoing civil war has resulted in a steady increase in mass rape and gender-based violence. Renewed violence threatens the country's fragile peace deal. 

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Resources

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South Sudan: Civilians Abused, Displaced in Counter-Insurgency

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South Sudan: Ethnic Conflict and Civil War

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South Sudan: the conflict in focus

Page last updated:
8/6/2024
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