jongleistribalconflicts.docVIP

Jonglei’s Tribal Conflicts: Countering Insecurity in South Sudan Africa Report N°154 – 23 December 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS i I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. The Primary conflict cycles 2 A. Lou Nuer-Dinka 2 B. Lou Nuer-Murle 5 C. Lou Nuer-Jikany Nuer 7 III. Exacerbating factors 9 A. National Congress Party: Meddling in South Sudan? 9 B. Civilian Disarmament 11 C. Jonglei State Politics 12 D. Competition for Nuer Leadership 13 E. Incomplete Integration of Militias and Other Armed Groups 14 F. Additional complicating factors 15 1. Inadequate justice mechanisms and local administration 15 2. Poor roads 16 3. Food insecurity 16 4. Weak civil administration, land disputes and administrative boundaries 16 5. Inadequate access to water 17 IV. Responding to the escalating violence 18 A. Managing disarmament effectively 18 B. Response of GoSS Security Organs 19 1. South Sudan Police Service (SSPS) 19 2. Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) 20 B. Role of The United Nations 21 C. International Support to the Security Sector 23 D. Post-Referendum Implications 24 V. CONCLUSION 25 APPENDICES Map of Sudan 26 Map of Jonglei and Key Ethnic groups 27 Ethnic Composition of South Sudan 28 Donor Support to the SSPS 29 About the International Crisis Group 30 Crisis Group Reports and Briefings on Africa since 2006 31 Crisis Group Board of Trustees 33  Africa Report N°154 23 December 2009 Jonglei’s Tribal Conflicts: countering insecurity in south sudan Executive Summary and recommendationsConflicts among tribes have claimed several thousand lives in South Sudan in 2009, with the worst violence in and around the vast, often impassable state of Jonglei. Violence often afflicts pastoral communities, but in this area it has taken on a new and dangerously politicised character. With the death toll over the past year exceeding that in Darfur and displacement affecting more than 350,000 people, the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) should recognise the prima