Vol 56 No 5 | SOUTH SUDAN A test of everyone’s will 6th March 2015 After 14 months of civil war, the two sides are in last-chance talks with the threat of international sanctions hanging over them Talks between the Juba government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition, plus the group of former detainees, continued as Africa Confidential went to press. The ...
Vol 56 No 3 | SOUTH SUDAN US security and Chinese capital 6th February 2015 There’s a build-up of arms and fighters in the Upper Nile oil fields amid doubts about the latest ceasefire deal An innovative alliance between United States' security expertise and Chinese capital – in the form of a Hong Kong-registered company called Frontier Services Group (FSG) &nda...
Vol 56 No 2 | SOUTH SUDAN Long tunnel, glimmer of light 22nd January 2015 A step has been taken to end the fighting and towards a lasting political agreement. Weak oil prices put more pressure on the government A tentative step forward has been made with a political reunification deal signed in Arusha on 21 January between President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his sacked Deputy Riek Machar Te...
Vol 55 No 18 | SOUTH SUDAN A deadline for the deadline 12th September 2014 Regional officials are finally running out of patience with obfuscation from both warring parties and could impose sanctions next month This time the deadline for a peace and power-sharing agreement is serious, runs the message from regional and international officials. On 25 August, the Inter-Governmental Authorit...
Vol 55 No 14 | SOUTH SUDAN Famine ‘almost a certainty’ 4th July 2014 The conflict has caused a food emergency and sanctions against the rival leaders for blocking progress are now on the table One million South Sudanese are threatened by starvation, with at least another three million at serious risk, United Nations and United States' officials say. The US Agency for Int...
Vol 55 No 10 | SOUTH SUDAN The end of the beginning 16th May 2014 President Salva Kiir and his former Deputy, Riek Machar, have agreed to an interim government but its shape is far from clear Mediators in Addis Ababa studiously played down the fact that the cessation of hostilities agreement signed on 9 May was not the result of face-to-face talks between South Sudan's ...
Vol 55 No 10 | SOUTH SUDAN Fixing the forces 16th May 2014 Foreign military assistance is piecemeal and has yet to be sorted out. Britain’s contribution, for instance, includes training an officer in England, along with one from Suda...
Vol 55 No 9 | SOUTH SUDAN Calling time on the killing 2nd May 2014 As the rival leaders appear indifferent to the slaughter and threats to stability, support is growing for a serious intervention force and targeted sanctions The pressures of war are mounting but President Salva Kiir Mayardit still sports a black ten-gallon hat and a hefty walking stick. Looking tired and stooped, Salva hectored a group... READ FOR FREE
Vol 55 No 9 | SOUTH SUDAN The third eleven enters the contest 2nd May 2014 At talks in Addis Ababa about forming an interim government in South Sudan, some are pinning their hopes on a group of eleven politicians, most of whom were ministers until they we...
Vol 55 No 6 | SOUTH SUDAN Talks or treason trials 21st March 2014 President Salva Kiir is hardening Juba’s line as Western governments threaten sanctions against those blocking peace talks Any parties in South Sudan – government or otherwise – trying to undermine the peace talks would face some form of sanction, the special envoys from the United States, ...
