Abstract: The objectives of this study is to address the lethal impacts of the gross violations of child rights on the lives of the Murle and Dinka children in Jonglei State and Boma State in South Sudan, by shedding light on the adverse effects of the deadly violence between the two neighbouring communities from 2011 to 2018 upon the livelihood of the pastoral communities in the two said states. Also, it delves into the determining main indicators of the root causes of the said disastrous inter-ethnic armed conflicts that are still partially going on with inter-tribal banditry. The study presents the contagious consequences of the detrimental inter-tribal disputes which resulted in many deaths, displacement and livelihood devastation of the susceptible nomadic community in Jonglei State and in Boma State from 2011 to 2018, where the recurrent situation of the above mentioned communities is still volatile due to abject poverty and underdevelopment that resulted in socio-economic depression which made these poor nomads and agro-pastoralists extremely destitute because of the weak institutions of South Sudan, as a nation. The study extensively investigates the regrettable magnitude and lethal intensity of the chronic inter-tribal armed conflicts in the two above mentioned states which were badly destroyed by tribal clashes and inter-ethnic battles that ensued in the abuse and abduction of innocent children from there. In conclusion, this study presents preventive methods and strategic plan for the mitigation of the tribal disputes and management of the wider conflicts in this country by analysing the factors, actors and drivers of the destructive inter-ethnic armed conflict with violence between the Dinka ethnic group and Murle ethnic group that are hostile to each other due to their tribal hostility.
Keywords: Dinka, Murle, inter-ethnic, conflict, child, rights, protection, Boma, Jonglei and South-Sudan.
Title: The Impact of the 2011 – 2018 Dinka and Murle Inter-Ethnic Conflict on Child Rights Protection: Case Study Boma and Jonglei States in South Sudan
Author: Mohamed Abdikadir Daud Ibrahim
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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