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South Sudan

  • A new Human Rights Watch investigation into the South Sudan National Security Service found widespread instances of abuse.
    PoliticsSouth SudanTop story

    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 SudanTop story

    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
    SocietySouth SudanTop story

    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 SudanTop story

    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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  • Emelda Yawa tending to her small vegetable patch at Rhino Camp, northern Uganda. Credit: Luate Shem
    SocietySouth SudanUganda

    “They have to give us our 100% food ration back”

    By John Jal Dak
    September 21, 2020
    Hit by 30% ration cuts and with no land to grow our own food, South Sudanese refugees in Uganda are stuck between a rock ...
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  • South Sudan 32 states
    PoliticsSouth SudanTop story

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

    By Daniel Akech Thiong
    February 18, 2020
    South Sudan has until 22 February to form a coalition government. One particular quarrel has proven intractable, until recently. The 22 February 2020 deadline ...
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  • A woman who was detained by rebel forces in South Sudan. Credit: Nyagoah Tut Pur.
    SocietySouth SudanTop story

    Freeing South Sudan’s captive women and girls: 128 down, thousands to go

    By Nyagoah Tut Pur
    February 12, 2020
    The current approaches to releasing women and girls who have been forced into armed groups is far from adequate. In a significant development earlier ...
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  • abyei
    EconomyPoliticsSouth SudanSudanTop story

    Abyei: Sudan and South Sudan’s new chance to solve old disputes

    By John Prendergast & Brian Adeba
    October 21, 2019
    The disputed border area of Abyei has been deadlocked for years. A new approach based on sharing rather than winner-takes-all is needed. In the ...
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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.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsSouth SudanSudan

    What al-Bashir’s removal means for South Sudan’s fragile peace

    By Matthew LeRiche
    April 30, 2019
    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 ...
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