Vol 56 No 21 | SOUTH SUDAN New maps, no peace 22nd October 2015 With little progress on the transitional government, redrawing state boundaries looks like a luxury The government’s decision to convert South Sudan’s ten states into 28 may entrench ethnic divisions and is extravagant for a bankrupt country. Although many South Sudan...
Vol 56 No 17 | SOUTH SUDAN The latest last-minute deal 27th August 2015 Under the threat of an arms embargo and more sanctions, the government signs a peace agreement Delight and relief that the Juba government has finally signed a peace deal with the rebel movement is mixed with widespread fear that the deal will not hold. There is much scope f...
Vol 56 No 17 | SOUTH SUDAN Regional rivalries surface among peace-makers 27th August 2015 Kampala's hands-on support for South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit is causing a rift in the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development which has been mediating in the neg...
Vol 56 No 17 | SOUTH SUDAN Concessions and complications in the IGAD deal 27th August 2015 The peace agreement signed by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO) and the Former Detainees on 17 August and which President Salva Kiir Mayardit signed on...
Vol 56 No 17 | SOUTH SUDAN Politicians undermine new peace deal 14th August 2015 Last-minute manoeuvres by both sides are sabotaging the chances of ending the war as international pressure mounts The Juba government has used a split in the rebel movement to announce that it is pulling out of the peace talks in Addis Ababa, which were officially scheduled to end – in agreeme...
Vol 56 No 14 | SOUTH SUDAN War mars independence day 10th July 2015 Independence anniversary celebrations on 9 July were a far cry from the mass joy when the country separated from Sudan in 2011. The civil war, in which over 50,000 people have been...
Vol 56 No 11 | SOUTH SUDAN Military balance 29th May 2015 p>President Salva Kiir Mayardit has finally found a sympathetic regional forum to offset his growing isolation as international unease mounts over South Sudan's continuing bloodlet...
Vol 56 No 10 | SOUTH SUDAN Revenge culture 15th May 2015 Threats of sanctions and prosecution have done nothing to stop the rival combatants from a new round of attacks before the rainy season A government offensive to dislodge the rebels from their Unity State stronghold before rains make roads impassable for its mechanised forces has triggered a mass exodus of civilian...
Vol 56 No 10 | SOUTH SUDAN The other crisis 1st May 2015 As government funds dry up and talks with the World Bank break down, Juba is seeking increasingly risky loans The government in Juba is trying to make do with virtually no income. The fall in the world price of oil, the government's main source of income, has been particularly bruising. Ha...
Vol 56 No 6 | SOUTH SUDAN To publish or be damned 20th March 2015 The African Union faces growing demands to release its no-holds-barred report detailing the role of top officials in ethnic killing As regional authorities struggle to break South Sudan's political impasse with yet another round of peace talks planned for Addis Ababa next month, the African Union faces an acute...
