South Sudan
Why are you supporting the SawaSouthSudan Summit?
For Navi Pillay, it’s because the women of South Sudan have suffered for far too long. Share your reasons for participating in the comments below and don’t forget to RSVP at https://www.sawasouthsudan.com/
Dialogue Online No2 of 2017- "The Role of the International Community in South Sudan" by Ms Emmaculate Asige, 19 July 2017
As shown by cases such as the Rwandan Genocide, the international community’s reaction to African civil wars has often been too weak, too little and/or too late. However, since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005, …
South Sudan's million-strong refugee crisis is a test for the World Bank
“Around half a million of the refugees that have crossed the border into Uganda from South Sudan are children. They have been fleeing at the rate of one a minute for the past year, putting additional strain on an already stretched Ugandan …
Policy Brief No 7 of 2016 "Women in Peace-Building: Lessons from South Sudan" - 30 June 2016
In July 2016, almost a year since the signing of the ARCSS in August 2015 between President Salva Kiir, and Vice-President Riek Machar, within the Government of National Unity, the agreement had failed to stem the perpetual violence in …
South Sudan - 19 August 2016
Riek Machar flees S Sudan, ‘in care’ of DRC authorities UN spokesman says Machar is in the care of authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo after fleeing South Sudan. South Sudan’s former vice president and opposition leader Riek …
South Sudan - 12 August 2016
S Sudan turns down proposal to take more UN troops South Sudan has rejected a proposal by the United States for the UN Security Council to send 4,000 additional troops to the country, claiming it “seriously undermines” its sovereignty. …
South Sudan - 5 August 2016
UN accuses South Sudan troops of committing atrocities The United Nations’ top human-rights official has accused South Sudanese government troops and rebels of ethnically targeted atrocities, including extrajudicial executions and rapes, …
South Sudan: A country captured by armed factions
30 July 2016 Since August 2015, the gravest challenge to the South Sudan transitional process and to the viability of the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) is posed by President Salva Kiir’s recent appointment of General …
The Indian Ocean Newsletter - Museveni plays both sides in Juba conflict
29 July 2016 To read the newsletter in full, please click here.
South Sudan - 29 July 2016
At Least 120 Cases of Sexual Violence in South Sudan Capital - UN UN said it continued to receive deeply disturbing reports of sexual violence, including rape and gang rape. The United Nations said on Wednesday there has been at least 120 …
South Sudan - 22 July 2016
UN human rights expert calls for the release of journalist Alfred Taban A United Nations human rights expert today urged the Government of South Sudan to immediately release Alfred Taban, a prominent journalist and chief editor of the daily …
International Crisis Group - De-escalating South Sudan's New Flare-up
12 July 2016 Violent clashes in the capital of South Sudan have soured the country’s fifth anniversary of independence. Hundreds of soldiers and civilians were killed in the four days after 7 July, including two Chinese peacekeepers. The …
Communiqué of the 611th Meeting of the PSC on the situation in South Sudan
The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), at its 611th meeting, held on 11 July 2016, adopted the following decision on the situation in South Sudan: Council, Takes note of the briefing provided by the Commissioner for …
South Sudan Joint Letter to the UN Security Council
10 July 2016 In response to what appears to be a resumption of all-out conflict in South Sudan over the weekend, Crisis Action supported a coalition of 20 South Sudanese organisations to write a joint public letter to the UN Security …
JMEC Chairman's statement to the Extra-Ordinary Session of the IGAD Council of Ministers on the situation in South Sudan
11 July 2016 The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) for the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan has released the statement delivered by the Chairperson of JMEC, H. E. Festus G. Mogae, to …
South Sudan - 8 July 2016
South Sudan’s former rebels warn of return to war Former rebels aligned with Vice President Riek Machar on Wednesday accused the South Sudanese government of arrests and killings they said could drag the country back to civil war. “If the …
"Women in Peace-Building: Lessons from South Sudan" co-hosted by SALO and DIRCO- 30 June 2016, Pretoria
On the 30th of June 2016, SALO in partnership with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), hosted a workshop entitled, The Role of Women in Peace-building: Lessons from South Sudan. This event highlighted the …
South Sudan - 24 June 2016
UN to send peacekeepers home over South Sudan inaction The United Nations has said that it will send peacekeepers home over a “lack of responsiveness” during a bloody attack on a UN-run camp in South Sudan in February. UN peacekeeping chief …
MSF internal review of the February 2016 attack on the Malakal Protection of Civilians
June 2016 Violence erupted between internally displaced persons (IDPs) of different ethnic groups in a Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Malakal, South Sudan, on 17 February 2016 and continued until the next afternoon. There are strong …
South Sudan - 17 June 2016
More than 230 000 South Sudanese in Sudan The UN says Sudan is hosting the largest number of South Sudanese refugees, with 232 000 having entered since a civil war erupted in the neighbouring country at the end of 2013. South Sudan won …