The numerous opposition groups battling to unseat President Salva Kiir lack a shared agenda and common approach. Sadly, too, no group is working towards a unified future for South Sudan.
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Last month South Sudan announced a dramatic increase in the cost of aid-worker permits from $100 to $10,000. It’s now backtracked on the decision.
One of the worst humanitarian disasters in decades is well underway in East Africa.
South Sudan seceded from Sudan in 2011 after a protracted war of independence that started in 1955. One internal struggle in this war was between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army’s (SPLA) leadership…
There’s still hope South Sudan can avoid becoming a full failed state. This will require radical changes in Juba’s mindset and bolder action from regional and international players.
The risk factors at the heart of vulnerability to conflict can be resolved. But the first step is a ceasefire founded on an inclusive and credible agreement underwritten by the international community
The world needs to take urgent steps to stop the threat of mass massacres in South Sudan with tough measures that must include direct legal and financial sanctions against the main protagonists.
If fighting continues and controversial policies are not reversed, it’s only a matter of time before full scale fighting breaks out again in South Sudan.
Betrayed by corrupt mismanagement and personalised leadership, the world’s youngest country is in danger of total collapse.
Despite President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar’s calls for calm, hundreds have been killed and thousands displaced in renewed fighting in Juba.
The Sudanese government and its armed opposition are both unhappy with the ceasefire they signed. Senior military officers have also publicly voiced their disapproval of the induced deal.
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Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Visiting Professor University of Buckingham, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
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Academic Tutor, The University of Queensland
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Research Professor & Associate Director, Peace Accords Matrix (PAM), University of Notre Dame
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Professor of Politics, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor of History, University of Washington
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Adjunct Professor, University of Juba
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Professor, Weber State University
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South Sudan Senior Advisor, International Growth Centre, and PhD candidate, University of Cambridge, International Growth Centre
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Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College
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Lecturer in International Studies, Strathmore University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Notre Dame
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Director, International Development Department, University of Birmingham
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Professor and Director of Conflict, Security and Development Research Group, King's College London
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DPhil Candidate, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
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McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
