Two years of South Sudan war with peace on paper only Two years since civil war began in South Sudan, over 185,000 people remain sheltered in UN camps across the country, despite a peace agreement on paper. The army and rebels have repeatedly accused each other of breaking an internationally-brokered August 26 ceasefire, and the key deadline last month for rebel chief Machar to return to Juba was missed. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES.