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South Sudan

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  • There are several African elections coming soon. Credit: UNAMID /Albert Gonzalez Farran
    Africa InsidersComorosMaliPoliticsSouth SudanZimbabwe

    African Election Watch: Keep up to date with all the upcoming votes

    By Africa Insiders
    June 27, 2018
    This week, the Insiders’ Newsletter is introducing the new segment “Election Watch”. This comprehensive roundup of all upcoming African elections will cover their main ...
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  • Female leaders in Malakal, South Sudan peace. Credit: UN Photo/JC McIlwaine.
    PoliticsSouth Sudan

    Why it makes sense for South Sudan’s leaders to keep rejecting peace deals

    By Matthew LeRiche
    June 26, 2018
    From both the government and opposition’s perspectives, there are logical – if self-interested – reasons for rejecting the recent proposals. Attempts to forge a ...
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  • South Sudan voted to become independent in 2011, but peace did not last long. Credit: UN Photo/Tim McKulka.
    PoliticsSouth Sudan

    South Sudan: Why I’m starting to think peace is possible

    By Simon Marot Touloung
    May 30, 2018
    I’ve been one of a few refugee representatives allowed to attend the peace talks. I’ve seen that when South Sudanese own the process, there’s ...
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  • Credit: UN Photo:/Isaac Billy.
    PoliticsSouth Sudan

    South Sudan: Sanctions aren’t working, but they could. Here’s how.

    By Matthew LeRiche & Erica Marsh
    May 28, 2018
    Applied punitively rather than strategically, sanctions have entrenched leader’s positions rather than changing their behaviours. The latest iteration of South Sudan’s peace talks concluded ...
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    Why Buhari likes Trump, Africa’s next female president, and much more

    By Africa Insiders
    May 2, 2018
    Welcome to a special free edition of The Insiders’ Newsletter! Every week, our eagle-eyed team of journalists and experts having been breaking down key ...
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  • A female ex-combatant sews in South Sudan. Credit: UNDP South Sudan/Brian Sokol.
    PoliticsSouth Sudan

    South Sudan: Buying off elites to stop fighting won’t work. Here’s what might

    By Daniel Akech Thiong
    March 12, 2018
    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 ...
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  • As well as tens of thousands of South Sudanese refugees, there are also tens of thousands of internally-displaced persons in northeastern DRC. Credit: MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti
    Congo-KinshasaSocietySouth Sudan

    DRC: Tensions with refugees are rising and the NGO response might be making it worse

    By Kennedy Tumutegyereize & Kerri Leeper
    November 23, 2017
    Host communities in northeastern Congo say they’re being overlooked in the humanitarian response to the influx of South Sudanese refugees. Driving through Dungu didn’t ...
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  • It was hoped oil discoveries could economically transform East Africa.
    EconomyKenyaSouth SudanUganda

    Whatever happened to East Africa’s oil boom?

    By Luke Patey
    August 23, 2017
    Politics has been central to the progress, or lack thereof, in developing East Africa’s oil. And it will continue to be. It was not ...
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  • A UN Security Council delegation meets with President Salva Kiir in 2016. Credit: UNMISS/Isaac Billy
    PoliticsSouth Sudan

    South Sudan: Soldiers’ rape trial is a publicity stunt and distraction

    By Roger Alfred Yoron Modi
    June 22, 2017
    The military trial could further undermine the possibility of broader justice for South Sudan’s millions of victims. A trial of thirteen South Sudanese soldiers accused of ...
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  • South Sudan national dialogue. Credit: UNICEF Ethiopia/2014/Ose.
    PoliticsSouth Sudan

    South Sudan: Will local concerns sink the National Dialogue?

    By Julius Nyambur
    June 16, 2017
    Much violence is driven not by national politics but local – and often more intractable – disputes around security, sovereignty, land and identity. Amidst ...
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