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Author: Matthew LeRiche

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Matthew LeRiche

Matthew LeRiche is an Assistant Professor in Global Studies at Ohio University.

  • Despite struggling with its own peace process, South Sudan may be the one country that all warring parties could accept as an honest mediator. Credit: UNMISS.
    EthiopiaPoliticsSouth Sudan
    By Matthew LeRiche
    November 23, 2020
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    The one country that could mediate in Ethiopia

    South Sudan is not seen as a threat by any of the warring parties and has close personal relationships with leaders in Addis, Mek’ele, and Asmara. ...
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  • The Trump US-Sudan deal made Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok look weak and may have emboldened militant and Islamist figures. A new approach could instead support the civilian authorities. Credit: International Hydropower Association.
    PoliticsSudan
    By Matthew LeRiche
    November 18, 2020
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    Sudan: Trump’s deal could be disastrous. Biden can fix it.

    Instead of undermining Sudan’s democratic transition and drawing it into regional conflicts, a reconfigured US-Sudan deal could do the opposite.  In the weeks running up to ...
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  • Sudan and South Sudan need stability for oil revenues to flow, but the politics of both countries are more complicated than that.
    PoliticsSouth SudanSudan
    By Matthew LeRiche
    April 30, 2019
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    What al-Bashir’s removal means for South Sudan’s fragile peace

    Sudan’s former president was central to South Sudan’s latest peace process. Elites in both countries may sense opportunity in his absence. One of the last things ...
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  • Tens of thousands have died and hundreds of thousands displaced in South Sudan's ongoing conflict. Credit: Tim Freccia / Enough Project.
    PoliticsSouth Sudan
    By Matthew LeRiche
    June 29, 2018
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    South Sudan’s “new” peace deal is missing something: details

    The Khartoum agreement makes several promises, but is short on specifics and leaves the issues that have scuppered previous deals unresolved. South Sudan’s main belligerents have ...
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  • Female leaders in Malakal, South Sudan peace. Credit: UN Photo/JC McIlwaine.
    PoliticsSouth Sudan
    By Matthew LeRiche
    June 26, 2018
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    Why it makes sense for South Sudan’s leaders to keep rejecting peace deals

    From both the government and opposition’s perspectives, there are logical – if self-interested – reasons for rejecting the recent proposals. Attempts to forge a peace deal ...
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