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This morning’s R&D covers the recent political violence in South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation. South Sudan became a nation in 2011 and its recent political problems could create another Sudanese civil war.
Can anyone halt the crisis in South Sudan? http://t.co/ECl221ZI1b
— GuardianUS (@GuardianUS) December 26, 2013
Why is South Sudan fighting, anyway? http://t.co/hMnVWMv41j
— HuffPostWorld (@HuffPostWorld) December 25, 2013
Politicians from Kenya and Ethiopia are in South Sudan seeking a solution to the fighting. http://t.co/tlmEVy0lBo
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) December 26, 2013
How South Sudan’s leaders squandered nation-building efforts http://t.co/hMnVWMv41j
— HuffPostWorld (@HuffPostWorld) December 25, 2013
#southsudan Mass Graves Uncovered in South Sudan As Ethnic Tensions Grow: http://t.co/3Haiy0dpgG
— allAfrica.com (@allafrica) December 26, 2013
ICYMI: @louise_arbour wrote a letter to #UNSG concerning the situation in #SSudan http://t.co/U4oHsGPw4O pic.twitter.com/wWsV43qK34
— Crisis Group (@CrisisGroup) December 26, 2013
South Sudan in peril: The two major groups at the heart of this violence are led by former re… http://t.co/KhJBAkYFhL #tcot #Congress
— Mr. Mayhem (@CuringStupid) December 26, 2013
United Nations Beefs Up Peacekeeping Force in South Sudan http://t.co/O9CmXFBBUc
— Slate (@Slate) December 25, 2013
U.N.: Aid agencies need $166 million in South Sudan: http://t.co/RMX2VbT4X0
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 26, 2013
Pleas for peace amid fears of civil war in South Sudan http://t.co/8FhG5ETk9K
— CNN International (@cnni) December 26, 2013
U.N. votes to send 5,500 additional peacekeepers to South Sudan. http://t.co/2rByL9PBWW
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 25, 2013