Strategic Thinking on East Africa

From The Sudan Tribune October 4, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudanese armed opposition leader, Riek Machar, has called for an emergency meeting to discuss president Salva Kiir’s recent unilateral decree creating 28 states in South Sudan and its implications on the peace agreement the rival leaders concluded in August on the basis of the […]

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From The Sudan Tribune October 3, 2015 (NEW YORK) – Incumbent vice president, James Wani Igga, has assured opposition leaders, Riek Machar and Pagan Amum, of the government’s commitment to full implementation of the peace agreement signed in August to end the 21-month long civil war in the country. S Sudan VP James Wani poses […]

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By CHARLTON DOKI Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan — Fifty-two soldiers and rebels have been killed in recent fighting in South Sudan’s contested state of Unity, said a military official Saturday, blaming rebels for the latest violation of a peace deal signed last month. Rebel forces have attacked positions held by government troops, killing 14 of […]

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From The East African Women and men walk through the United Nations base outside Bentiu, which hosts around 118,000 people uprooted during the country 21-month old civil war, on September 20, 2015. PHOTO | TRISTAN MCCONNELL | AFP By TRISTAN MCCONNELL Posted Friday, October 2 2015 at 10:37 IN SUMMARY Inside the 6.5 kilometre perimeter fortifications live […]

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October 1, 2015 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s armed opposition faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO) led by the first vice-president designate, Riek Machar, has dismissed claims by a defected senior commander that they had taken control of Mandeng village in the oil-rich Upper Nile state from Machar’s movement. Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth, the commander […]

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Addis Ababa, 1 October, 2015(WIC) - The United States has urged Sudan’s warring parties to commit to a six-month cessation of hostilities and welcomed the Sudan Revolutionary Front’s (SRF) statement of September 15, 2015 including its commitment to a cessation of hostilities for the same duration. Last month, SRF factions expressed their readiness to sign […]

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Ugandan soldiers. Photo: File Kampala/Juba, September 29, 2015 (SSNA) - Ugandan military Spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Paddy Ankunda said Kampala is not preparing to pull its troops out of south Sudan, citing lack of military withdrawal request from South Sudanese government. The recently signed power sharing deal stipulates that all foreign forces must leave South Sudan within […]

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The President of South Sudan Salva Kiir addresses the nation from State House on September 15, 2015, in Juba. South Sudan’s army has said it is preparing bases outside the capital ahead of a pull out from Juba as part of a peace deal to end the 21-month civil war. PHOTO | CHARLES ATIKI LOMODONG […]

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From the Sudan Tribune September 24, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudanese armed opposition faction led by former vice president, Riek Machar, has denied responsibility for failure of a military workshop with the government which aimed to reach an agreement on ceasefire implementation and security arrangements as stipulated in the peace agreement signed in August […]

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From the Sudan Tribune September 22, 2015 (NAIROBI) – The reinstated secretary general of the South Sudan’s governing party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), Pagan Amum, has accused President Salva Kiir of attempting to abrogate the recently signed peace agreement with the armed opposition leader, Riek Machar and his group of the former detainees. […]

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