Vol 62 No 9 | SOUTH SUDAN The IMF picks up the cheque as officials grumble 28th April 2021 A hefty loan with few conditions raises questions as the government is lambasted for rights abuses and its opaque finances Civil servants in Juba joke that even if they see their monthly pay-check, it's all gone by the time they have paid for a haircut. Now the International...
Vol 62 No 6 | SOUTH SUDAN Oil on audit 18th March 2021 South Sudan's oil sector, which accounts for 85% of government revenue, has resisted an audit amid a litany of scandals and repeated promises of opening the books. But...
Vol 61 No 24 | SOUTH SUDAN Economy running on fumes 23rd November 2020 Tumbling oil revenues have severely dented government finances, as debts mount and donors baulk at picking up the bill South Sudan's economy is dead on its feet. Falling oil prices have squeezed government revenues, sending hard currency reserves tumbling and inflation soaring. Political stability may now rest...
Vol 61 No 19 | SOUTH SUDAN Juba shops for new image 24th September 2020 The leaders of South Sudan, notorious for its civil war, inconclusive peace deals and corruption, have found $280,500 to hire a lobbyist to try to persuade the United...
Vol 61 No 12 | SOUTH SUDAN The sick men of Africa 11th June 2020 With three out of five vice-presidents, 10 cabinet members and all but one of the now disbanded High-Level Task Force on Coronavirus having tested positive for Covid-19, there...
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...
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...
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...
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 increasing concern...
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...