Post-war interventions and security challenges in south Sudan: A Case of Peace Process
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2023-06
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and social Science
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This study examined the post-war interventions and security challenges facing South Sudan in the context of the peace process and how these challenges have impacted the implementation of the peace agreement. In doing so, the study set out to realize three objectives: to examine the effect of consensus building on security challenges in South Sudan; to assess the effect of ethnic harmony on security challenges in South Sudan and to establish the effect of political settlement on security challenges in South Sudan. In addition, the study was guided by three theories; namely: Thomas Hobbes’ Social Contract Theory (1651), Class Theory by Marx (1848) and Frustration aggression and relative deprivation theory by Miller in (1941) and Berkowitz, (1969). The study adopted a descriptive correlation survey design, and a mixed method approach in data collection, whereby both quantitative (survey questionnaire) and qualitative (key informant interview) approaches were used to elicit data from the study. Quantitative approach, however, was the main source of data, whilst qualitative approach served as a supplementary source of data. The sample size consisted of 164 respondents determined through the use of Krejcie and Morgan table of 1970 and data was analyzed at uni-variate, bi-variate and at multivariate level using means, standard deviation, Pearson Linear Correlation Coefficient (PLCC) and regression analysis. The study revealed that all variables in the model (consensus building, ethnic harmony and political settlement) are significant predictors of security challenges. From the study findings on the first objective of the study, the study concluded that majority of the respondents strongly agreed that by promoting consensus building through bringing together different ethnic conflicting groups, promoting inclusivity in politics and listening to the views of different stakeholders in decision making process, promoting good governance and putting in place effective institutions, then security challenges in South Sudan will be reduced. On the second objective of the study, the study concluded that majority of the respondents strongly agreed that by promoting ethnic harmony through promoting rights and interests of different ethnic groups and promoting a sense of unity, and then security challenges in South Sudan will be reduced. Concerning objective three, the study concluded that majority of the respondents strongly agreed that by promoting a political settlement through distributing power fairly and transparently, honoring the revitalized agreement and promoting dialogue and reconciliation, then security challenges in South Sudan will be reduced. And lastly from the study findings and conclusions, the study recommended that all the three constructs of Post war should be enhanced in South Sudan through promotion of dialogue and negotiations, convening a Sovereign National Conference of Ethnic Nationalities, putting in place constitutional reforms, and establishing a truthful Reconciliation Commission.
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A dissertation submitted to the college of humanities and social sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Master of Arts in public administration and management of Kampala International University
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Post-war interventions, Security challenges, South Sudan