Strategic Thinking on East Africa

Disagreement over weapons is preventing rebel leader from returning to Juba to form unity government, officials say. Justin Lynch | A disagreement over weapons is preventing South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar from returning to Juba, according to demands from a government official and a rebel spokesman. Since December 2013, South Sudan has been crippled […]

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In part three of James Cusick’s special reports on South Sudan, he explains how the country is on the verge of going bust - but not everyone is suffering James Cusick Juba, South Sudan A large number of people wait for food air-drops by ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross), outside Thonyor, in South Sudan, on February […]

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From Foreign Policy After Madaya, Will the World Watch South Sudan Starve Too? BY SIOBHÁN O’GRADY In April 2014, United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon warned that South Sudan was on the brink of famine, and that without immediate action up to one million people would starve. Nearly two years later, aid groups and the U.N. are warning that […]

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by Dr. Jaïr van der Lijn Executive Summary Although a peace agreement that includes important steps to build a stable and peaceful South Sudan was signed in 2015, the future of the country remains highly uncertain. Violent confrontations and human rights abuses continue and frequently it appears that parties have more faith in victory after […]

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  In Summary The Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) bill, passed by parliament on Wednesday, means no more than a fifth of aid workers can be from abroad, a level many aid workers believe is simply not viable. Aid agencies already employ large numbers of South Sudanese — often far higher than the 80 per cent level […]

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Image copyrightReuters Image captionSouth Sudan former Vice-President Riek Machar (L) and President Salva Kiir (R) missed a deadline to create a unity government South Sudan has missed a key deadline to create a transitional government, after the president increased the number of provinces from 10 to 28. The plan for a unity government was part […]

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Our Winners are Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegne, the People of Eritrea, Tanzanian President John Magufuli and Rwandan President Paul Kagame The Strathink editorial team would like to begin by congratulating Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn on being named AfricaWorld “Man of the Year.” Moreover, the team would like to congratulate the people of Ethiopia for […]

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From International Crisis Group Juba/Addis Ababa/Brussels | AFP/Samir Bol A major breach of the agreement signed in Addis Ababa and Juba in August to end South Sudan’s now two-year old civil war is increasingly likely. While low-level conflict is continuing in Unity state, conflict is now escalating in the Equatorias and Western Bahr el Ghazal. Many […]

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From The Enough Project Political Economy of African Wars Series “Deadly Enterprise” is the third in a series of in-depth, field research-driven reports on the dynamics of profit and power fueling war in the Horn, East and Central Africa. Violent kleptocracies dominate the political landscape of this region, leading to protracted conflicts marked by the […]

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Foreign Policy South Sudan’s leaders tore their country apart. Now they want Western donors to pay to put it back together again. BY JASON PATINKIN JUBA — South Sudan’s leaders spent the last two years locked in a brutal war for power that has killed tens of thousands of people. Their forces stand accused of war […]

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