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Author: Daniel Akech Thiong

Home›Author: Daniel Akech Thiong

Daniel Akech Thiong

Daniel Akech Thiong is an independent consultant focused on politics and economics in South Sudan. He is the author of the The Politics of Fear in South Sudan: Generating Chaos, Creating Conflicts (Bloomsbury, 2021).

  • Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan, greeting the crowd during a ceremony in Rwanda. Credit: Paul Kagame.
    PoliticsSouth Sudan
    By Daniel Akech Thiong
    February 16, 2022
    1825
    0

    The pawn who became king: How has Salva Kiir stayed at the top so long?

    Three strategies the perennially underestimated president has used to build and keep power across decades of South Sudan’s political tumult. When playing chess in the capital Juba, ...
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  • south sudan horn of africa President Salva Kiir at the swearing in of South Sudan's transitional government in February 2020. Credit: UN Photo/Isaac Billy.
    EastPoliticsSouth Sudan
    By Daniel Akech Thiong
    December 2, 2020
    3902
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    South Sudan’s two big foreign policy questions

    Amid shifting dynamics in the Horn of Africa, South Sudan finds itself caught in the middle of regional rivalries.  On 28 November, Ethiopian federal forces claimed ...
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  • South Sudan 32 states
    PoliticsSouth Sudan
    By Daniel Akech Thiong
    February 18, 2020
    3048
    0

    10, 21, 28, 32, ?: Why South Sudan’s peace might rest on a number

    South Sudan has until 22 February to form a coalition government. One particular quarrel has proven intractable, until recently. The 22 February 2020 deadline to form ...
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  • South Sudan aid. Arsenie Coseac
    Editor's PicksPoliticsSouth Sudan
    By Daniel Akech Thiong
    March 20, 2019
    4047
    3

    South Sudan: How warring parties play international donors

    Aid organisations play an unintended but crucial role in South Sudan’s repeating cycles of violence. How can they break out of it? Since war broke out ...
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  • A female ex-combatant sews in South Sudan. Credit: UNDP South Sudan/Brian Sokol.
    PoliticsSouth Sudan
    By Daniel Akech Thiong
    March 12, 2018
    4771
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    South Sudan: Buying off elites to stop fighting won’t work. Here’s what might

    Offering warring elites rewards to lay down arms hasn’t worked. The profits of conflict must be removed and the focus shifted to the ground level. Mediators ...
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