Vol 55 No 4 | UGANDASOUTH SUDAN Why Uganda refuses to withdraw 21st February 2014 Calls from the United States and Ethiopia, its regional ally, for Uganda to withdraw its forces from South Sudan are falling on deaf ears in Kampala. President Yoweri...
Vol 55 No 3 | SOUTH SUDAN A deal under duress 24th January 2014 The combatants have signed up to a ceasefire more because they ran out of options than because they wanted peace The threat of targeted sanctions against the combatants and the concern of East Africa's leaders that they would lose face at next week's African Union summit were the...
Vol 55 No 3 | SOUTH SUDAN Seats for dissidents 7th February 2014 The four oppositionists still detained in Juba – Pa’gan Amum, Oyai Deng, Majak d’Agot, Ezekiel Lol – are unlikely to join the talks due in Addis Ababa on...
Vol 55 No 1 | SOUTH SUDAN The state cracks 10th January 2014 Big political changes will be needed to relaunch Africa’s newest country and bring it back from the abyss A long road lies ahead before the mediators can secure a ceasefire between South Sudan’s warring factions, let alone embark on serious negotiations to consolidate a new political...
Vol 55 No 1 | SOUTH SUDAN The political stakes on YouTube 10th January 2014 The political issues in dispute are substantial, as can be seen from the leading dissidents who organised a press conference on 6 December in Juba. The conference, which...
Vol 55 No 1 | SOUTH SUDAN From power struggle to uprising 19th December 2013 The clashes between rival factions in the SPLA that started in the capital on 15 December are spreading alarmingly fast The capture of Bor, about 100 kilometres north of Juba, on 18 December by troops loyal to General Peter Gatdet Yaka showed the political and military fragility of...
Vol 54 No 19 | SOUTH SUDAN Legacy of war 19th September 2013 More accusations of human rights abuses in Jonglei challenge Salva's new government and its army The Sudan People's Liberation Army stands accused again of widespread violations against civilians in its attempts to suppress a rebellion in Jonglei State. On 12 September, Human Rights...
Vol 54 No 17 | SOUTH SUDAN Powers of separation 22nd August 2013 The struggle continues for a new state as old comrades fall out When Parliament turned down President Salva Kiir Mayardit’s choice of Justice Minister on 13 August, it was greeted as a victory for democracy in the face of an...
Vol 54 No 16 | SUDANSOUTH SUDANUNITED NATIONS Mission impossible 30th July 2013 The UN Security Council renews its peacekeepers’ mandate in Darfur but UN operations in Sudan have failed to protect civilians or prevent war The worsening political crises in Juba and Khartoum are fuelling hostilities between the two capitals. When South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit sacked his cabinet on 23 July,...
Vol 54 No 16 | SOUTH SUDAN A power struggle, not a coup 1st August 2013 President Salva has opened the leadership contest by sacking his deputy and all his ministers – and has strengthened his position in the process When President Salva Kiir Mayardit sacked his Vice-President, all his ministers, the governing party’s Secretary General and several senior police officers on 23 July, the world greeted it...