ICC Note

The civil war in South Sudan has left 1.8 million as refugees in neighboring countries especially Uganda. South Sudan’s independence from Sudan was supposed to increase the religious freedom of Christians. Instead, South Sudan is on the brink of genocide. Additionally Uganda, who has received millions of refugees, is running out of resources. South Sudan has all the signs that is poised for genocide, a genocide that can be stopped before it is too late.    

06/08/2017 South Sudan (Financial Mail) – Every day 2,000 refugees fleeing famine and a devastating civil war in South Sudan cross the border into Uganda. With armed groups increasingly targeting civilians, the conflict has created the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis.

To date, 1.8m refugees have fled to six neighbouring countries, though most of them are in Uganda. Last year alone more than 500,000 fled to that country — more than crossed the Mediterranean to Europe. The number is soon expected to exceed 1m.

Uganda has a long history of settling refugees in villages rather than in temporary tented camps, and providing them with the same protection, access to services, employment and rights that its own citizens enjoy, though they are barred from getting involved in politics.

Uganda’s refugee commissioner, Apollo Kazungu, says this is partly reciprocal. “Ugandans have been refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC], South Sudan, Rwanda [and] Kenya,” he says. “There is a rich history of [Ugandans] having benefited from being refugees elsewhere. Even our topmost leadership have been refugees.”

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