Africa expert questions White House position on South Sudan

J. Stephen Morrison. Photo: CSIS/medium.com

Juba/Washington, DC, July 11, 2017 (SSNA) — An African expert with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said in an interview with the Voice of America’s weekday program, South Sudan In Focus, that the United States should not abandon South Sudan and that it would be difficult if the new US administration ignores the war-wracked young nation.

“I think it’s going to be difficult to turn our backs on this crisis because we have so much ownership over what has happened there; good and bad, and I think there’s a strong constituency still within Congress around this, and there’s a strong, faith-based constituency in the United States that has been very vocal over the years on matters pertaining to South Sudan as well as matters pertaining internally to Sudan, the government to the north,” CSIC’s senior vice president, Stephen Morrison, said.

Morrison states that it makes no sense for the US to turn its back on South Sudan after it played an important role in its July 2011 independence from Sudan.

“I think it’s going to be difficult to turn our backs on this crisis because we have so much ownership over what has happened there; good and bad, and I think there’s a strong constituency still within Congress around this, and there’s a strong, faith-based constituency in the United States that has been very vocal over the years on matters pertaining to South Sudan as well as matters pertaining internally to Sudan, the government to the north,” he argues.

The new US administration has not yet appointed a new special envoy to South Sudan as it was under former American President Barack Obama.

However, the report suggests that the United States could be working on new appointments related to South Sudan in particular and Africa in general.

Most South Sudanese blame former US President Obama for not doing enough to help end the ongoing civil war.

In December 2016, Obama said he felt responsible for killings in South Sudan.

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  • Africa expert questions White House position on South Sudan – Our South Sudan
    July 11, 2017 9:05 pm

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  • Mel Wal Acien
    July 11, 2017 10:42 pm

    The secret relationship between US under Obama admin and Sudan is the one responsible for the crisis in South Sudan

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  • Yes,that’s absolutely correct that the U.S.government had abundant the people of ss to be victim of their leadership both in government and opposition they must intervene now,because better late than never

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  • Wani Zachariah
    July 12, 2017 2:00 am

    The country is in total mess up, people are starving, no salary for Five months, all ways across the nation are not in good condition. Therefore, I urge the International community to intervene to safe the lives of innocence citizen of S. Sudan.

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    • I think US never know where South Sudan heading,because dealts has been signed ongoing killing to civilians every where keep on

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  • Most Countries ,leaders , speciall Africa Countries’ leaders usually look America leaders as their bigger brothers. There is no way to stop that Civil War with out America and the rest of the western World. Our new President may do his best to stop bloodied from the Southern Sudanese under President ‘s leadership.

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  • Bol Kiir Diaw
    July 12, 2017 11:20 am

    Bol Diaw. Yes you are right. The united States of America had big hand in what is going on in the South Sudan. Both good and bad, are continuing becuase the US government wants them to continue. They put a lot of pressure on the Naighboring countries to support only the evile and not the truth. We very much appriciate the goods and detasted the support to the government to continue killing people and the exiling of Machar. The only solution to bring peace in South Sudan is release Machar so to start a political process peacefully.

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  • Reason would say that it would be far more difficult to intervene. “Doing nothing” is by definition less difficult. Especially in a situation like this which includes violence and irrational players.

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  • Makuch Bol Awak
    July 18, 2017 7:12 am

    You are welcome please to help South Sudan out of this mess

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