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What footsteps will South Sudanese youths follow?

What footsteps will South Sudanese youths follow? By: Abraham Daljang Maker Kampala: it is hard to speak out at this critical moment but it is worth saying something. I would begin with a famous dictum that “one dead frog spoils the whole water.” By this I am alluding to the current crisis in South Sudan which is the continuation of the past incidences. The 1991 Bor incidence seemed to have again given birth to 2013 Juba, Bor, and Malakal incidences, and if the whole affair does not stop, I am afraid it will lead to another incidence in some decades to come. Bad prediction! Yes indeed it is bad, but there is likely that the history sometimes repeats itself unless people get committed to change the history. What would be called a political arm twisting within the SPLM party has taken a different dimension by involving the army which I believed should be an independent body; and worst of it all, it turned to be a tribal strife. This leaves me with a question; what footstep