United Nations Peace Support Operations and Security in South Sudan (2011-2018)

Background to the StudyThe security challenges experienced by nations of the world in recent years are on the increase.Countries are facing one security challenge or the other, with some of these countries almost on the brink of failed states.These security challenges have a variety of causes: some are caused by natural disasters, while some are developed and nurtured by human insensitivity, greed and selfishness.The concept of security around the world has also evolved over the years, encompassing food security, environmental security, health security, security of lives and property, and economic security, most of them tagged as "human security".Despite mitigating efforts by the UN, Governments, NGOs and other intervening agencies, the struggle over insecurity continues with ample hope for more secure societies around the world.The issue of insecurity continues to be a major challenge considering the effects of global warming, incessant earthquakes and insurgency most especially in Africa, ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), attacks in Syria, Europe and America, Xenophobic attacks in South Africa, conflicts in the Sudanese region and the global economic crisis stressing states' resources, one cannot help but wonder where then is "secured" in the world today.South Sudan presents another of such security problems; considering its nature and pattern, the situation in South Sudan brings to the fore the magnitude of security challenges faced within the East African region.The South Sudanese security challenges stretch across the broad spectrum of insecurity, which are either natural or man-made, or one complementing the other.South Sudan's background of violence and insecurity is fundamentally related to series of conflicts surrounding their existence under the one