Five Years On: Counting the cost of war in South Sudan

A legal expert and economic analyst says countless opportunities have been missed, five years since the start of the conflict.

December 15th will mark 5 years since the first shot was fired in Juba to trigger the crisis.

Reflecting on the time gone by, Farouq Ismail, an advocate and member of the South Sudan law society says the country’s leaders and its people should seize the opportunity of the revitalized peace agreement to get the country back on track.

Ismail says the country is still counting the economic and human cost of the December 15th incident that sparked the 5-year long war.

In this interview with Sebit William, he says it is not too late to pick up the pieces .