Vol 65 No 20 | SOUTH SUDAN Salva Kiir extends his rule as the oil cash runs out 26th September 2024 Juba is delaying elections for another two years as it organises a census, a political party register and a new constitution The latest extension of the transitional government’s rule comes as regional instability spreads and South Sudan’s oil revenues crash. On 13 September, the Juba governm...
Vol 65 No 18 | SOUTH SUDAN Poll hopes fade 5th September 2024 Prospects of an election being held before a 22 December deadline are fading rapidly with a number of political groups both in opposition and in the transitional government insisti...
Vol 65 No 9 | SOUTH SUDAN Polls fail to brighten outlook 25th April 2024 The world's newest state still awaits its first post-independence elections – now scheduled for December – which are supposed to end almost a decade of civil war. But p...
Vol 64 No 24 | SOUTH SUDAN Mix-up costs Juba envoy 30th November 2023 The long-serving South Sudanese ambassador to the United Nations, Akuei Bona Malwal, is being recalled to Juba after a series of misunderstandings which enraged President Salva Kii...
Vol 64 No 12 | SOUTH SUDAN Forgotten but not gone 8th June 2023 The civil war in Sudan is distracting attention from the desperate plight of its southern neighbour with its own stalled peace process 'Many of us who are accustomed to the prevarication of the parties in the South Sudanese peace process think they are using the outbreak of civil war in their country's northern ne...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 21 | SOUTH SUDANUNITED STATES Salva's improbable Washington lobbyist 19th October 2022 A mysterious new advocate for the Juba regime has surfaced in Washington as pressure mounts over corruption and political violence President Salva Kiir Mayardit has organised an unlikely lobbying agreement covering sanctions relief and presidential meetings, ahead of his visit to the United States in December ... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 16 | SOUTH SUDAN Machar survives bid to oust him but peace deal on the brink again 9th August 2021 At stake in the faction-fighting among the opposition is the chance of a national peace and a reformed security system Fissures between the opposition party and its military wing pose the latest existential threat to the fragile peace process in South Sudan and could delay plans for a united nation... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 9 | SOUTH SUDAN The IMF picks up the cheque as officials grumble 28th April 2021 A hefty loan with few conditions raises questions as the government is lambasted for rights abuses and its opaque finances Civil servants in Juba joke that even if they see their monthly pay-check, it's all gone by the time they have paid for a haircut. Now the International Monetary Fund has offered a...
Vol 62 No 6 | SOUTH SUDAN Oil on audit 18th March 2021 South Sudan's oil sector, which accounts for 85% of government revenue, has resisted an audit amid a litany of scandals and repeated promises of opening the books. But internationa...
Vol 61 No 24 | SOUTH SUDAN Economy running on fumes 23rd November 2020 Tumbling oil revenues have severely dented government finances, as debts mount and donors baulk at picking up the bill South Sudan's economy is dead on its feet. Falling oil prices have squeezed government revenues, sending hard currency reserves tumbling and inflation soaring. Political stability ...