Strategic Thinking on East Africa

Strathink has in its possession three orders signed by General Paul Malong Awan, SPLA General Chief of Staff. The first directive, dated July 8, 2016, General Awan orders Lt. General Mangar Buong Aluenge immediately to launch an offensive and bombardment against Dr. Riek Machar and his forces in Jebel Jujer; disarm and arrest his bodyguards; […]

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From Reuters (2012) Special Report: The wonks who sold Washington on South Sudan WASHINGTON | BY REBECCA HAMILTON In the mid-1980s, a small band of policy wonks began convening for lunch in the back corner of a dimly lit Italian bistro in the U.S. capital. After ordering beers, they would get down to business: how […]

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South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir finally sacked Riek Machar on Saturday. Machar is now on the run after a 48 hour ultimatum to leave the the country. South Sudan’s SPLM/In Opposition (IO) elected General Taban Deng, or was forced to select Gen. Taban Deng (Nuer) as temporary vice president until Macahar returns to Juba. On […]

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Minister says intervention brigade needed to support UN peacekeepers By Addis Getachew ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Rwanda, Kenya and Ethiopia are preparing a military force to intervene in South Sudan, an Ethiopian official said Friday. South Sudan was hit by renewed violence between government forces and former rebel troops that left hundreds dead earlier this week, […]

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Strathink Editorial Team In a world saturated with bad news, the recent eruption of heavy fighting in South Sudan’s capital not only is tragic but threatens the entire region. Since December 2013, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar have been dismantling the fragile political unity of the world’s newest state and […]

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BBC Share Image copyrightAFP Image captionGovernment helicopter gunships were seen over Juba on Monday South Sudan strife Renewed fighting has broken out in South Sudan between forces loyal to the president and vice-president. A reporter in the capital, Juba, told the BBC gunfire and large explosions could be heard all over the city. He said […]

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The Guardian Dozens are killed and more than 70,000 displaced as horrific attacks on civilians in Wau, in the country’s north-west, cast fresh doubts on the peace process People wait to be registered as displaced persons in a South Sudan Red Cross compound in Wau. Photograph: Charles Lomodong/AFP/Getty Images A two-year-old boy was shot in […]

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UN agencies have warned that up to 4.8 million people in South Sudan will face severe food shortages in the coming months [Reuters] Tens of thousands of people have fled fighting in northwestern South Sudan between government troops and a newly formed rebel group, as food shortages in the country hit their highest levels in […]

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Fighting between government forces and armed groups around a town in the northwest of South Sudan has forced thousands to flee, the United Nations and an aid agency said on Saturday. The clashes around Wau, northwest of the capital, are the latest flare-up in a nation which was mired in conflict for more than two […]

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The Guardian Vice-president Riek Machar denies knowledge of article that appeared to call on the world to support reconciliation rather than focus on human rights abuses The South Sudan president, Salva Kiir, right, and the former rebel leader and now first vice-president, Riek Machar, attend a government ceremony in Juba. Photograph: Phillip Dhil/EPA Sam Jones […]

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