Africa must do more for bleeding South Sudan

NAIROBI: With over 300 people dead since July and a million displaced by fighting in South Sudan, observers are pessimistic about the prospects of peace since clashes between forces loyal to ruler Salva Kiir and his main rival Riek Machar began.

This must not just concern the 1.6 million displaced by the fighting or the 60,000 refugees who have fled to Uganda. It must worry the global community that a country founded on optimism when nearly 100 per cent of Southern Sudanese voted to break away from Sudan, is now on the brink of imploding.