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South Sudan

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  • People in Juba, South Sudan, greet the arrival of a delegation from the UN Security Council in September 2016. Credit: UNMISS.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsSouth Sudan

    South Sudan needs elections. Here’s a clear plan for how they can happen.

    By Peter Biar Ajak
    February 23, 2022
    UN peacekeepers stationed at a limited number of polling stations could finally give the people the opportunity to end corrupt militia rule. Five years ...
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  • Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan, greeting the crowd during a ceremony in Rwanda. Credit: Paul Kagame.
    PoliticsSouth Sudan

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

    By Daniel Akech Thiong
    February 16, 2022
    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 ...
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  • South SudanThink African Podcast

    Think African Podcast ep 10: A leadership revolution

    By Think African
    September 15, 2021
    African Arguments is delighted to partner with the Think African podcast series, created by Sound Africa in cooperation with Heinrich Böll Stiftung Cape Town. Think African examines the ...
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  • Celebrating South Sudan's independence on 9 July 2011. Credit: Steve Evans.
    PoliticsSouth Sudan

    South Sudan at 10: What happened to our “freedom, justice, and equality”?

    By Reverend James Ninrew Dong
    July 9, 2021
    We have a saying that “if South Sudanese do not want to change, the change will change them”. Ten years ago today, on 9 ...
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  • Local Consultations in Northern Bahr El Ghazal in 2017. Credit: South Sudan National Dialogue.
    PoliticsSouth Sudan

    South Sudan’s other (more hopeful) peace process

    By David Deng
    June 14, 2021
    In a country where people are so often seen as passive observers to events, the National Dialogue put ordinary citizens in control of their ...
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  • A new Human Rights Watch investigation into the South Sudan National Security Service found widespread instances of abuse.
    PoliticsSouth Sudan

    Will South Sudan rein in its notorious National Security Service?

    By Carine Kaneza Nantulya
    December 14, 2020
    The NSS has become a feared agency and a vital tool in the government’s campaign of silencing dissent. We met a young man on ...
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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

    South Sudan’s two big foreign policy questions

    By Daniel Akech Thiong
    December 2, 2020
    Amid shifting dynamics in the Horn of Africa, South Sudan finds itself caught in the middle of regional rivalries.  On 28 November, Ethiopian federal ...
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  • south sudan climate change
    Climate crisisSocietySouth Sudan

    South Sudan’s leaders can no longer stand by as climate catastrophe hits

    By Ayak Wel & Garang Achiek Ajak
    December 1, 2020
    The government has so far done little, but there are several steps it can take to deal with the nexus of floods, droughts and ...
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  • 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

    The one country that could mediate in Ethiopia

    By Matthew LeRiche
    November 23, 2020
    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, ...
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  • south sudan refugees sport football
    South SudanUganda

    Politicians divided South Sudanese refugees. Sport can re-unite us.

    By Simon Marot Touloung
    September 29, 2020
    During COVID-19, youth from different ethnic groups have worked together drawing on teamwork and friendships forged on the football pitch. I was eight years ...
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