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South Sudan: Kiir Stalls Appointment of Upper Nile Governor Olony
East African, 1 December 2020
Tension is brewing in the South Sudan Transitional Government as the two main signatories trade blame over the delay in the formation of regional governments and the National… Read more »
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South Sudan: UN Arms Embargo Must Be Maintained After Surge in Violence Against Civilians in 2020
AI London, 30 November 2020
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) must maintain the arms embargo on South Sudan, Amnesty International said today, after confirming shocking cases of extreme violence by… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Junta Spoils South Sudanese Peace Process
Ethiopian Herald, 2 December 2020
- Ambassador refutes allegations of being expelled Read more »
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South Sudan: South Sudan's Leaders Can No Longer Stand By As Climate Catastrophe Hits
African Arguments, 1 December 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 conflict. Read more »
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South Sudan: AU Urged to Speed Up Establishment of South Sudan's Hybrid Court
East African, 25 November 2020
The Human Rights Watch has urged the African Union Commission to engage South Sudan's unity government to speed up the establishment of the hybrid court as stipulated in the 2018… Read more »
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South Sudan: South Sudan Needs to Discover the Spirit of Compromise
East African, 28 November 2020
In a rare act of chivalry on July 8, 2016, South Sudan President Salva Kiir saved his deputy Dr Riek Machar from certain death when shooting broke out between rival factions of the… Read more »
Trouble Brews in South Sudan Over Governor's Appointment
The two main signatories of the transitional government are trading blame over the delay in the formation of regional governments and the national assembly. President Salva Kiir has refused to formally nominate Riek Machar's nominee Johnson Olony as governor of Upper Nile State, whom Kiir considers a "warmonger" and unsuitable for the power-sharing arrangement. He wants Machar, the first vice-president and the leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO), to provide a written undertaking, that he would be responsible should General Olony break the truce. SPLM-IO has now threatened not to submit the names of its nominees for local government and other positions if Olony is not appointed, which could further delay the implementation of the governance chapter of the September 2018 peace agreement. Olony has a huge following among the Shilluk - who later joined Machar's movement, after the war broke out in 2013.
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The National Dialogue Conference, which ran from November 3 to 15, has unanimously adopted a two, five-year term for the president. The debate now is whether President Salva Kiir - ... Read more »
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