African Studies
Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives
Call for Papers: Utafiti is inviting you to submit your manuscript – any topic in the humanities - for consideration in the next issues.
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Conflict and attempts to advance peace negotiations dominated the first part of the year, leading to the government and armed opposition groups agreeing to a breakthrough deal in Khartoum in June. This led to the headline event of the year, the signing of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan in September in Addis Ababa by many, but not all, of the warring parties. This latest agreement raised some cautious hope, but doubts about the prospects for its successful implementation had already deepened by the end of the year. The headlines about the Revitalized Agreement upstaged the reality of continuing conflict, economic difficulty, and immense humanitarian challenges. With the fifth anniversary of civil war in South Sudan passing on 15 December, the prospects for the latest deal did not appear to be particularly good.