Strategic Thinking on East Africa

From the Sudan Tribune October 12, 2015 (JUBA) – Ugandan government has on Monday finally declared to withdraw its troops, the Ugandan People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), from South Sudan, but the South Sudanese army (SPLA) said the foreign forces should stay a little bit longer until security arrangements were made with the armed opposition faction […]

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A major rebel leader in South Sudan has told the BBC he may have to take up arms again, despite the signing of a peace agreement six weeks ago. Gen Johnson Oloni said the government was undermining the deal with attacks on civilians and a plan to re-draw state boundaries in the country. Tens of […]

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From Foreign Policy Riek Machar signed a peace deal designed to end one of Africa’s worst conflicts, but he says U.S. neglect could unravel it. BY SIOBHÁN O’GRADY South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar is visiting Washington this week to seek support for the increasingly fragile peace deal both he and his rival signed under intense […]

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The Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The African regional body overseeing the mediations to end South Sudan’s conflict says the two warring sides have violated cease-fire agreements 53 times in 19 months. East Africa’s Inter-Governmental Authority on Development on Thursday attributed 29 violations to South Sudan’s rebels while it said government forces were responsible […]

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From African Arguments ANALYSIS South Sudan’s fragile peace deal is already under heavy pressure. President Kiir’s decision to carve the country into 28 new states puts it under even more. President Salva Kiir’s decision, announced last Friday, to create 28 states in South Sudan, up from the current ten, risks adding another destabilising element to […]

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From The Sudan Tribune October 6, 2015 (JUBA) – European Union (EU) has issued a strong-worded statement condemning the Friday’s unilateral decree issued by South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir which created 28 new states, saying this was a violation of the peace agreement he signed with the former vice president and armed opposition leader, Riek […]

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from Agence France-Presse Published on 06 Oct 2015 South Sudan’s rebels warned Tuesday the government risks a “return to war” by ordering an increase in regional states and undermining the power sharing clauses of a peace deal. President Salva Kiir on Friday ordered the number of regional states be nearly tripled from the current 10 to 28, […]

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From The International Crisis Group AFP/ PETE CHONKA OVERVIEW Somaliland’s hybrid system of tri-party democracy and traditional clan-based governance has enabled the consolidation of state-like authority, social and economic recovery and, above all, relative peace and security but now needs reform. Success has brought greater resources, including a special funding status with donors – especially […]

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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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