No country emerging from prolonged civil war is ever sufficiently prepared for elections.
- Researcher at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs, Österreichisches Institut für Internationale Politik (OIIP)
South Sudan’s laws provide a 48-hour window to name a successor to guarantee continuity with minimal friction.
Treating the White Army as synonymous with South Sudan’s opposition serves a political purpose.
Oil’s importance to South Sudan’s economy is often exaggerated – the bigger challenge facing Juba is its inability to secure new loans.
The recent outbreak of violence in South Sudan doesn’t appear to have been motivated by political directives from the country’s opposition.
The Sudanese army is tapping into nationalist and xenophobic sentiments to gain domestic support and distract attention from its actions and failures.
Hopes for a peaceful resolution are fading as the Sudan civil war blazes into a second year.
Overlapping territorial claims continue to fuel conflict in Abyei, which is claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan.
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