Summary: More than 1 million children have fled South Sudan's civil war. Another 1 million are displaced within the country, having fled due to the civil war. "The future of a generation is truly on the brink," said Leila Pakkala UNICEF's Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa. The civil war has consistently worsened South Sudan's ethnic divisions. Parts of the country are experiencing ethic cleansing and is at risk of genocide. 62 percent of the fleeing population includes children and nearly three quarters of them are out of school: the highest population in the world. To top that, an official famine was declared in two counties of South Sudan. "Large government offensives in Yuai, Waat, Tonga and Kodok have resulted in even more tragic humanitarian consequences, displacing 50,000 to 100,000 individuals in recent weeks," the statement said. "These actions stand in direct conflict with the government's stated aim of a political solution to the conflict."
Analysis: This article was created by the associated press on May 8, 2017. I heard about the famine in South Sudan but did not know the extent that the civil war had on Sudan and the people within. The article was very insightful and it calls for awareness of the effects of the civil war in Africa that's leading to potential genocide.
Synthesis: This article can be connected to the Rwandan genocide that happened a little over two decades ago. From April to July 1994, members of the Hutu ethnic majority in the east-central African nation of Rwanda murdered as many as 800,000 people, mostly of the Tutsi minority. Begun by extreme Hutu nationalists in the capital of Kigali, the genocide spread throughout the country with staggering speed and brutality, as ordinary citizens were incited by local officials and the Hutu Power government to take up arms against their neighbors.
Article: https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/05/08/world/africa/ap-af-south-sudan-child-refugees.html
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