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This R&D provides resources on South Sudan’s civil war.  The world’s youngest nation has been engulfed in a civil conflict since December 2013.  The conflict was triggered by President Salva Kiir’s attempt to consolidate his political authority and his accusation that his former Vice President Riek Machar of trying to stage a coup.  It has been estimated that 20% of South Sudan’s population has been displaced by the conflict.