Military Intervention, Conflict Resolution and Peace Building in South Sudan

Abstract

The study investigated role of military intervention and conflict resolution on Peace building in Somalia. The objectives of the study were to; examine the role of Military intervention on Peace building in South Sudan, assess the mechanisms of Conflict resolution on Peace building in South Sudan, examine the predictors of Peace building in South Sudan and to analyse the relationship between Military intervention and Peace building.

The descriptive design using a case study of Juba County and both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. The study population was 120,220. Sampling technique was purposive and simple random. And adjusted sample size was 215 respondents from the employees and beneficiaries of Equatorial State in South Sudan with a response rate was 66% was used. Data was analyzed using descriptive analysis option of SPSS version (20.0).

The major findings of the study were that there is a significant positive correlation between; Military intervention and Peace building (r = 0.599, P-value < 0.01); Conflict resolution and Peace building (r = 0.658, P-value < 0.01) and a regression value of (0.660) as a combination of Military intervention and Conflict resolution in assessing the level to which they can predict the level of Peace building in South Sudan, the variables explained 44% of the variance of Peace building(R Square =.43.5).The factor loadings showed positive results and the ANOVA results showed significant differences of all the demographic factors on the variables.

The study recommends for military Intervention aimed at peace building measures that directly focus on how to combat armed conflict especially the fighters, Greater inclusion of the Somali government as well as regional and international stakeholders is important for efforts to stabilize South Sudan, Military Intervention and Conflict resolution strategies should be advocated for through all channels right from curbing armed conflict and that alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms such as negotiation, fact finding facilitation and mediation should be adopted since they have the potential to enhance environmental justice since they allow parties to enjoy autonomy over the process and outcome.