LEGALITY OF UGANDA PEOPLE’S DEFENCE IN SOUTH SUDAN, A TOOL FOR PEACE IN THE EAST AFRICA

Abstract

Starting in mid- December 2013, violence erupted almost simultaneous across
various fronts in south Sudan with infighting among several army divisions. The
sharp and immediate break down of the national army along ethnic lines suggests
advance planning among Nuer groups that supports that supports the opposition it
also suggest that the presidential pardons from past failed to appropriately integrate
South Sudan‘s militias into a single entity.2 The SPLA remains a loose structure
composed of fiefdoms rather than a cohesive army.3 The SPLA divisions in unity,
namely; the Jongel, and Upper Nile sates all split among ethnic backgrounds after
the fighting began in Juba. The Nuer fighters, the defecators were in response to the
targeting of Nuer civilians by security forces in Juba and the perceived complicity
of the government of South Sudan