Category: South Sudan
The Republic of South Sudan is the youngest nation of Africa. Juba is the capital of South Sudan.
It became an independent country in July 2011 seceding from Sudan after decades of war. Its population was estimated 12,340,000 by the United Nation in 2015. The ethno-linguistic composition of South Sudan includes the Dinka, the Nuer, the Bari, the Azande, the Shilluk and the Murle.
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has been the principal force of the liberation struggle and the ruling party since independence. The landlocked country has been gripped by civil war since 2013 following a power struggle between SPLM leaders, mainly President Salva Kiir and his deputy vice President Riek Machar. Machar is expected to be reinstalled as vice President in April 2016 if the two sides follow through the 2015 peace deal.
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” Your hypothesis is just a hypothesis – in fact, an outrageous one…..[It presupposes] that the ONLF was so potent militarily that it could even threaten the transition. Even [ONLF chief] Admiral Osman would not go that far. “
EAC defers decision on S. Sudan and Somalia membership
The East Africa Community Heads of State summit, held in Nairobi on Saturday (December 1st).
S. Sudanese students get scholarships in Ethiopia
Fifty students from the Republic of South Sudan’s state of Eastern Equatoria are going to.
Sudan: 660 dead since 2011 in disputed border areas
Sudan says that fighting in two states along its disputed border with South Sudan has.
Communiqué of the Sudan-South Sudan Consultative Forum
Communiqué: Fifth Meeting of the Sudan/South Sudan Consultative Forum New York – 1. The Sudan-South.
Sudan, South Sudan agree on oil, border security but not on Abiye
After five days of talks, Sudan President Omer Al-Bashir and President Salva Kiir Mayardit have.
Progress on the Sudan-South Sudan talks but deadline is moved
Although no Sudan/South Sudan Presidential meeting took place as had been hoped, by the end.
Briefing | South Sudan – One Year On
South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, celebrates its first anniversary of independence on Monday, July.
Briefing | No progress in the Sudan-South Sudan talks
Sudan and South Sudan broke off their security talks on Thursday this week after failing.
Briefing | Horn of Africa fares poorly on Minority Rights
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is a non-governmental organization working to secure the rights of.