Strategic Thinking on East Africa

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 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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from Red pepper.com (Uganda) By Our Reporter - South Sudan’s president and a rebel leader accused each other on Tuesday of violating a ceasefire brokered to end a 21-month conflict in the world’s newest state as United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon appealed to them “not to betray and disappoint us.” Mr Kiir (R) is a member of […]

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September 28, 2015 (JUBA) - A senior South Sudanese official at foreign service office said his government will not allow what he called western countries to impose sanctions on officials or the government over non implementation of the recently signed peace agreement in August between president Salva Kiir and armed opposition leader, Riek Machar. South […]

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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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