The Impact of Print Media in Conflict Resolution , A Case Study of Southern Sudan Civil War

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................ 1

DECLARATION .................................................................................. 2

APPROVAL ........................................................................................ 4

DEDICATION .................................................................................... 5

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................ 6

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ....................................................... 7

CHAPTER ONE .................................................................................. 8

1.0 Back ground information .............................................................. 8

1.1 Problem statement .................................................................... 10

1. 2 Aim of the study ........................................................................ 10

1.3 Scope of the study ..................................................................... 11

1.4 Significance of the study ............................................................ 11

CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................ 12

2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................. 12

2.1 Introduction .............................................................................. 12

2.2 The will for peace ...................................................................... 17

2.3 The peace convention ................................................................ 19

2.4 The media and the conflict .......................................................... 20

2.5 Conclusions .............................................................................. 22

2.6 Hypothesis ............................................................................... 22

2.7 Research question ..................................................................... 22

CHAPTER FOUR ............................................................................... 27

4.0 Ways in which the media helps in resolving conflicts ...................... 27

4.2 Ways in which the media is a threat towards peace in the conflict

Resolution process .......................................................................... 29

4.3 Causes of conflict in Southern Sudan ........................................... 30

4.4 The impacts of peace agreement ................................................. 31

CHAPTER FIVE ................................................................................ 34

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SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................ 34

5.1 Summary of findings .................................................................. 34

5.2 Conclusion ................................................................................ 36

5.3 Recommendations ..................................................................... 36

REFERENCES .................................................................................. 39

Appendix I ..................................................................................... 41

Appendix II .................................................................................... 43

Questionnaires ............................................................................... 43

Appendix III ................................................................................... 47

DEFINATION OF KEY TERMS ............................................................. 47

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.0 Back ground information

Civil war has plagued Sudan off and on since decolonization began in 1955. Sudan's Civil War, primarily a struggle between the Moslem North and the Christian and animist South led by the Sudan's people's liberation Army (SPLA) has raged since 1983 killing an estimated two million people. It was only between 1972 - 1983 that Sudan experienced a period of relative peace.