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Vol 66 No 8

Published 18th April 2025


South Sudan

Ailing Salva ups the ante

Salva has made aggressive moves with Ugandan backing as a visa row with the US marks the superpower’s turn away from its one-time friend

Amid visible signs of worsening ill-health, President Salva Kiir Mayardit has been moving to protect his authority and succession, just as the house arrest of First Vice-President Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon and his wife Angelina Teny on 27 March raises fears of renewed civil war as fresh fighting breaks out.

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