How the latest crisis in South Sudan exposes weaker monitoring ways

South Sudanese soldiers line up in the streets of Juba in a “show of force” ahead of Pope Francis’ visit to the country in Juba, South Sudan on February 2, 2023.

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South Sudan’s peace agreement of 2018 may be a victim of failing monitoring mechanisms, a growing consensus among stakeholders shows.

And as regional and international stakeholders scramble to prevent a resurgence of large-scale conflict in South Sudan, the biggest concern now is how to prevent the entire agreement from collapsing.