South Sudan celebrates it’s 11th year of independence & Africa Union marks 20 years

South Sudan’s nation building never really started. Two years into its hard-won independence, a civil war broke out in December 2013. This robbed the country of an opportunity to lay down its foundations. The country’s first elections were scheduled to be held in 2015 but the war prevented this. A peace deal was struck in 2015, but it collapsed in 2016. So, no elections have been held since independence. Advocate Sipho Mantula, African Affairs Analyst joins us to discuss.