The EFFECTS OF SOUTH SUDAN CONFLICT ON IT’S IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS

Abstract

The conflict in South Sudan and regional security relationship was the main objective of this study. The specific objectives were: -to review the discourses on African regional security internal conflicts and its impacts, to examine the impact of the South Sudan conflict on immediate neighbors and to examine the measures to minimize the consequences of the internationalization of civil wars. The study utilized Regional Security Complex Theory. This study utilized secondary data. Key informative interviews and document analysis were incorporated in a qualitative research methodology to collect the data for this study. According to the study finding, the neighborhood of South Sudan is adversely affected by the conflicts taking place in South Sudan. Six countries border South Sudan and are interlinked with regional security complexes. The political developments of South Sudan affect the specific strategies of the border states. The study concludes that conflict/s in South Sudan has significant effect on the regional security and states that the interventions to minimize the consequences of the internationalization of civil wars have not merely succeeded or achieved the desired objective. The impacts of the conflict on the citizen could be getting worse and until all the actors involved in this make sure that the leadership of the military command of the SPLA and also the leadership of SPLM take serious reforms.