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South Sudan

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  • South Sudan press freedom
    SocietySouth Sudan

    Then they came for Al Jazeera: South Sudan press freedoms further deteriorate

    By Roger Alfred Yoron Modi
    May 5, 2017
    The free media is facing ever greater restrictions just when it is needed the most. This Monday, South Sudan’s government dealt one more blow to ...
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  • Bidi Bidi, one of Uganda's camps for South Sudan's refugees.
    SocietySouth SudanUganda

    Are locals starting to push back in the “best place in the world for refugees”?

    By Nick Young
    April 25, 2017
    Uganda is now home to over 800,000 South Sudanese refugees and the world’s largest refugee camp. At a time in which governments across the ...
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  • President Salva Kiir of South Sudan.
    PoliticsSouth Sudan

    Why calling for a ceasefire in South Sudan can be a bad idea

    By Aly Verjee
    April 12, 2017
    Even a seemingly uncontroversial demand can have complex, and potentially adverse, implications. On 23 March, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, speaking to the United Nations Security ...
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  • SocietySouth Sudan

    As thousands flee South Sudan every day, donors must shell out more than just hollow promises

    By Tendai Marima
    November 29, 2016
    In Uganda, transit centres are massively over-crowded and rations are thinly stretched. Moreover, unless more support is provided, things will only get worse as ...
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  • PoliticsSouth Sudan

    Failing South Sudan: First as Tragedy, Then as Farce

    By William Davison
    October 4, 2016
    International mediators have repeatedly made the same mistake of treating disgraced leaders as if they’re respectable statesmen, of treating the problem like it’s the ...
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  • PoliticsSouth Sudan

    Down but not out: What Machar’s absence means for South Sudan’s peace process

    By Steven C. Roach
    September 23, 2016
    One half of the rivalry that has defined South Sudan’s politics since independence is no longer around the table. Will this be a help or ...
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  • SocietySouth Sudan

    South Sudan: The UN’s deafening silence over its jailed journalist

    By Jason Patinkin
    August 1, 2016
    George Livio of the UN’s Radio Miraya has been in jail with no charges for almost two years. Why has UNMISS never publicly called ...
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  • PoliticsSouth Sudan

    The African Union can and must intervene to prevent atrocities in South Sudan

    By Mulugeta Gebrehiwot & Alex de Waal
    July 13, 2016
    The challenge facing the African Heads of State and Government as they meet in Kigali this week is not whether but how to act ...
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  • PoliticsSouth Sudan

    South Sudan: For every corrupt general, there are thousands who wish only for peace

    By Rachel Ibreck, Naomi Pendle & Alex de Waal
    July 11, 2016
    As deadly fighting returns, peacekeeping and civilian protection must be the first priority, but justice must also be on the agenda. The savagery of ...
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  • PoliticsSouth Sudan

    Who’s behind South Sudan’s return to fighting?

    By Clémence Pinaud
    July 11, 2016
    Despite President Kiir and Vice-President Machar’s call for calm, hundreds have been killed and thousands displaced in Juba over the past few days. As ...
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