South Sudan: How War, Oil and Politics Fuel Controversy in South Sudan's Unity State

5 August 2015
analysis

The recent move by the Unity State government to expel a UN diplomat for authoring a report that accused the SPLA of human rights abuses in the state follows a long line of controversial happenings that have dogged Unity since the 1980s.

The expulsion of foreign individuals deemed undesirable by the authorities is usually the prerogative of the national government. This was the case when Juba kicked out Toby Lanzer, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, in May.

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