The Disintegration of the Military Integration Process in South Sudan (2006–2013)

Warner, Lesley Anne

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“…However, as noted in the preceding cases, the process has not often worked due to the influence of individual and ethnic interests [47]. The poor plan and rushed implementation of the process is also a main reason why integration has tended to fail [43].…”

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“…It is noted that the integration process in South Sudan between 2006-2013 was poorly-conceived and implemented, with limited support from third party actors [43]. The open-door nature of South Sudan's integration process created incentives for armed rebellion, and the failed military integration process threatened stability.…”

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“…At the heart of the process should be the call to patriotism and advocacy for the common good rather than pursuit of personal/ethnic gains. As Warner [43] notes, for the integrations process to be successful, it should be pursued as an outcome of the SSR process rather than an end in itself.…”

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Military Integration of Armed Groups as a Conflict Resolution Approach in Africa: Good Strategy or Bad Compromise?

Kamais¹

2019

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This paper examines the integration of armed groups into security sector of a country, especially the military, as an approach to peace building. It takes an overview of such approaches in South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Central African Republic (CAR). The paper argues that while such an approach is good for peace's sake, it usually fails to attain peace in the long term due to its rushed conceptualization and implementation, lack of sufficient resource support, lack of political will, vested interests by the armed groups and external actor, among other reasons. Furthermore, the paper notes that integration leads to disaffection among the rank and file of the national military; since some of the rebel elements become their seniors without proper qualifications. The battle animosities and suspicion tend to persist even after the integration. All these are factors that are likely to lead to breakdown of a peace agreement; and eventual resumption of conflict with formation of splinter factions of the integrated rebels, as is the case with National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) elements in DRC who mutinied and formed M23 movement. In advancing the argument of failures in military integration as a conflict resolution strategy, the paper glances back at the Montevideo convention on the roles and obligations of states. It points out an interesting line of thought that states engage with states and not non-states. Thus, engaging with armed groups runs the risks of recognition and legitimization of armed groups and may lead to more demands. Such engagements also risk sending the wrong message that "violence pays" and this can lead to formation of more armed groups to agitate for their interests. However, the paper recognizes that if post conflict integration of armed groups into security structures of a country is done properly and with sufficient support, it is likely to lead to long term peace as is the case in post-genocide Rwanda. This is especially in times of conflict where alleviation How to cite this paper: Kamais, C.E.

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Military Integration of Armed Groups as a Conflict Resolution Approach in Africa: Good Strategy or Bad Compromise?

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2019

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“…Even so, this practice, as argued by Warner (2016), can yield negative implications on the processes of peace and security. In South Sudan, this may be due to several reasons.…”

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2022

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Today's interconnected crises -from environmental and climate change to global pandemics, and migration -are changing the security landscape. What previously was a multifaceted security arena, is today a single security space of interlocking challenges far beyond traditional state-based security. This book offers a new, alternative perspective on human security, offering a way to make sense of this interconnected world. Centered on the dignity, empowerment, and context of people's everyday life in East Africa, Jeremiah O. Asaka and Alice A. Oluoko-Odingo bring together an interdisciplinary set of Eastern African scholars and practitioners to explore human security challenges in the region in new light."

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The Disintegration of the Military Integration Process in South Sudan (2006–2013)

Cited by 7 publications

References 9 publications

Military Integration of Armed Groups as a Conflict Resolution Approach in Africa: Good Strategy or Bad Compromise?

Military Integration of Armed Groups as a Conflict Resolution Approach in Africa: Good Strategy or Bad Compromise?

Human Security and Sustainable Development in East Africa

Ethnically-Charged Wartime Sexual Violence: The Agony of the South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda

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