Vol 61 No 10 | SOUTH SUDAN Coups and consequences 14th May 2020 President Salva Kiir Mayardit sacked the Chief of Defence Forces, General Gabriel Jok Riak, on 11 May over a failure to act quickly enough to thwart a coup attempt, sources in Juba...
Vol 61 No 9 | SOUTH SUDAN Who wants the oil? 30th April 2020 There is mounting international concern at the delays in implementing the latest peace agreement, and that President Salva Kiir Mayardit is flouting the spirit of the deal. The Int...
Vol 61 No 7 | SOUTH SUDANCOVID-19 The fourth horseman 2nd April 2020 Officially, South Sudan remained one of the few African countries at the beginning of April to be free of the coronavirus, although draconian measures are in place to try to preven...
Vol 61 No 3 | SUDANSOUTH SUDAN Beyond a hundred days 6th February 2020 Hopes dim and donors lose patience as factions come no closer to a lasting agreement Despite the prodigious efforts of various diplomats, regional organisations and assorted church groups to push for the formation of a government of national unity, there is increas...
Vol 60 No 25 | SOUTH SUDAN Peace deal wheelspin 19th December 2019 Another extension prevents the peace deal from collapsing but there is little sign that the impasse can be broken despite a new US gambit The latest peace deal is on life support despite the two leaders agreeing to form a unity government by February. Opposition leader Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon had refused to return t...
Vol 60 No 20 | SOUTH SUDAN How to pay for Salva's jet 11th October 2019 A bloated budget giving largesse to the military and politicians but austerity for the rest threatens an already fragile peace The formation of a unity government has been thrown into doubt again after it was reported this week that Sudan People's Liberation Movement-In-Opposition leader Riek Machar would ...
Vol 60 No 17 | SOUTH SUDAN Juba's payday loan habit 30th August 2019 The government’s fondness for pre-selling oil greases the wheels but hurts the exchequer. It’s an addiction that will be hard to break Developing countries have long been advised against forward-selling their natural resources – often their only source of foreign exchange – in return for upfront cash. The credit i...
Vol 60 No 17 | SOUTH SUDAN Ruing the day 30th August 2019 The British government's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched an investigation into suspected corruption by UK currency printer De La Rue Group and associates in South Sudan. Th...
Vol 60 No 8 | SOUTH SUDAN 'Not even the Pope' 19th April 2019 An extraordinary display of humility by Pope Francis shocked the rival leaders but has not make the tenuous peace less fragile On 10 and 11 April, South Sudan's rival warring leaders, President Salva Kiir Mayardit and former Vice-President Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon, met at the Vatican face to face for perha...
Vol 60 No 4 | SOUTH SUDAN Bumps on the road to peace 22nd February 2019 The government army loyal to President Salva Kiir Mayardit (now known as the South Sudan People's Defence Force – SSPDF) has made common cause with Riek Machar's SPLA-In Oppo...
