South Sudanese Civil War

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The South Sudanese Civil War was a brutal internal conflict that erupted in 2013 between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and those aligned with former Vice President Riek Machar, causing massive displacement, ethnic violence, and humanitarian crisis in the world’s newest country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
internal conflict ⓘ
belligerent Government of South Sudan ⓘ
SPLA-IO ⓘ
Sudan People’s Liberation Army ⓘ
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement ⓘ
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition ⓘ
Uganda People’s Defence Force ⓘ
United Nations Mission in South Sudan ⓘ
forces loyal to Riek Machar ⓘ
forces loyal to Salva Kiir Mayardit ⓘ
various ethnic militias in South Sudan ⓘ
cause dispute within Sudan People’s Liberation Movement ⓘ
ethnic tensions between Dinka and Nuer communities ⓘ
political power struggle between Salva Kiir and Riek Machar ⓘ
conflictType non-international armed conflict ⓘ
country South Sudan ⓘ
endDate 2018-09-12 ⓘ
estimatedDeaths hundreds of thousands ⓘ
ethnicDimension Dinka vs Nuer ⓘ
headOfGovernmentSide Salva Kiir Mayardit ⓘ
headOfOppositionSide Riek Machar ⓘ
impact severe food insecurity in South Sudan ⓘ
sexual violence against civilians ⓘ
use of child soldiers ⓘ
widespread human rights abuses ⓘ
internallyDisplacedPersons over 1.5 million people ⓘ
location Equatoria region ⓘ
Jonglei State ⓘ
Juba ⓘ
Unity State ⓘ
Upper Nile State ⓘ
mediator African Union ⓘ
Intergovernmental Authority on Development ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
peaceAgreement Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan ⓘ
Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan ⓘ
peaceAgreementDate 2015-08-26 ⓘ
2018-09-12 ⓘ
peaceProcess Intergovernmental Authority on Development mediation ⓘ
refugees over 2 million people fled to neighboring countries ⓘ
relatedConflict Second Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
Sudanese nomadic conflicts ⓘ
result creation of millions of refugees and internally displaced persons ⓘ
ethnic violence ⓘ
famine conditions in parts of South Sudan ⓘ
large-scale humanitarian crisis ⓘ
mass displacement of civilians ⓘ
startDate 2013-12-15 ⓘ
timeInRelationToIndependence began about two years after South Sudan’s independence in 2011 ⓘ
triggerEvent alleged coup attempt in Juba in December 2013 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Sudan → conflict → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
Nuer → conflictInvolvement → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
Shilluk → associatedWithConflict → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
Horn of Africa conflicts → hasPart → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
Salva Kiir Mayardit → involvedIn → South Sudanese Civil War (2013–2018) ⓘ
linked to: South Sudanese Civil War
Bor → conflict → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
Greater Upper Nile → wasMajorTheatreOf → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
Naath → politicalContext → South Sudanese civil conflicts ⓘ
linked to: South Sudanese Civil War
R-ARCSS → conflictAddressed → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
ARCSS → conflictAddressed → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
SPLM-IO → conflict → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
SPLM-IO → involvedIn → South Sudan civil conflict 2013–2018 ⓘ
linked to: South Sudanese Civil War
South Sudan Opposition Alliance → politicalContext → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
Upper Nile State → hasConflict → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
Unity State → wasBattlegroundIn → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
SPLA-IO → conflict → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
Dinka vs Nuer → relatedTo → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
Dinka vs Nuer → timePeriod → South Sudanese Civil War (2013–2018) ⓘ
linked to: South Sudanese Civil War
Riek Machar → conflict → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan) → conflict → South Sudanese Civil War (2013–2018) ⓘ
linked to: South Sudanese Civil War
Lou Nuer → hasConflictHistory → South Sudanese civil wars ⓘ
linked to: South Sudanese Civil War
Bul Nuer people → conflictExperience → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
Yei River State → conflictAffected → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
Western Equatoria State → hasConflictHistory → South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ