Five year-old South Sudan coming apart as inter-ethnic divisions worsen
Women and children at a camp for internally displaced people in Wau, South Sudan. The turmoil in South Sudan has seen an increase in the number of refugees fleeing the country. PHOTO | FILE
South Sudan is heading towards disintegration as various ethnic groups form militias to defend themselves against what they call Dinka hegemony and persecution.
With more than 10 militia groups, observers say that the country — which is only five years old — could be divided into the three regions that formed the South under the larger Sudan: Equatoria, Upper Nile and Bahr-el-Ghazal.
