Vol 58 No 22 | SOUTH SUDAN No let-up in southern fighting 3rd November 2017 Battles rage in the southern province of Equatoria, where a rival rebel group threatens to split the opposition Since the collapse of South Sudan's Western-backed peace deal in July 2016, civil war has engulfed much of the three Equatorian provinces which comprise the southern third of...
Vol 58 No 16 | SOUTH SUDAN Military justice 4th August 2017 Juba has reacted angrily to Amnesty International's latest report, Do Not Remain Silent: Survivors of Sexual Violence in South Sudan Call for Justice and Reparations. The report condemns...
Vol 58 No 11 | SOUTH SUDAN The fall of 'King Paul' 26th May 2017 This year's 16 May celebrations of the anniversary of the founding of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in 1983 were more than usually subdued. There was concern...
Vol 58 No 6 | SOUTH SUDAN Storm over $10,000 permit 17th March 2017 The United Nations warns that famine in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen is the greatest humanitarian challenge since the Second World War. So President Salva Kiir Mayardit's...
Vol 58 No 5 | SOUTH SUDAN Power before food 3rd March 2017 President Salva Kiir Mayardit's beleaguered government seems not to grasp the seriousness of the 20 February official declaration of famine, jointly by Juba and the United Nations, or...
Vol 58 No 1 | SOUTH SUDAN A scorched earth peace 6th January 2017 The President has outmanoeuvred his rival, but the legacy of their bloody conflict is mass malnutrition and warnings of genocide The realisation that President Salva Kiir Mayardit's peacemaking strategy – dubbed by cynics 'Pax Salvatica' because he implemented it unilaterally – has failed to deliver anything other than...