as seen in South Sudan’s split from Sudan in 2011. Nevertheless, the consequences of following such a direction must be carefully assessed. By maintaining the current mediation format, the AU risks ...

As ever, in South Sudan, national dynamics are repurposed ... The head of SSPDF’s Division 5, Gil Mangok, is a Malual Dinka from Northern Bahr el Ghazal, and the government’s forces are ...

In July 2011, Sudan’s southern territory seceded and formed a new state: the Republic of South Sudan. The dictatorship of Omar al-Bashir defined Sudan’s post-colonial period. Bashir seized ...

and South Sudan officially gained independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011. In the early years of South Sudan’s independence, peace processes failed to address long-standing grievances and ...

African Arguments is publishing a three-part series on the unfolding situation in South Sudan. Part one looks at the dynamics of the current conflict. Part two considers whether the current ...

Some leaders of South Sudan's main opposition party have voted to replace the party's leader, two weeks after government forces arrested him JUBA, South Sudan -- Two weeks after South Sudanese ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Divisions emerged Wednesday in South Sudan’s main opposition party after the detention of its longtime leader, as some voted to replace him with a government minister ...

South Sudan was teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, the top UN official in the world’s youngest nation warned on Monday, lamenting the government’s sudden postponement of the latest ...

Former rebel leader and South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar is pictured in Rome, Italy, in 2019 [File: Yara Nardi/Reuters] Published On 27 Mar 202527 Mar 2025 The United Nations Mission ...

With the RSF emboldened in Darfur, "the territorial division that's occurring could mean a de facto separation", said Sharath Srinivasan, a professor at Cambridge University who studies Sudan.

Duke's 7-foot-2 freshman center Khaman Maluach hails from South Sudan. He attends the university in Durham presumably on a ...

But it has strong access to weapons and resources, bolstered by support from the United Arab Emirates, Chad, Uganda, Kenya, south Sudan and Ethiopia, he said. “Without understanding the complex ...