Treating the White Army as synonymous with South Sudan’s opposition serves a political purpose.
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Oil’s importance to South Sudan’s economy is often exaggerated – the bigger challenge facing Juba is its inability to secure new loans.
The ongoing crisis in South Sudan has been long in the making – its roots lie in a faltering peace implementation process.
The political elite have held on to power through power-sharing arrangements rather than the ballot. How will that change?
The idea of what it means to be South Sudanese is not universally accepted in the young nation.
Sudan’s new government came to power after a people-driven process to oust former President Omar al-Bashir. It must be careful to place ordinary Sudanese at the centre of the reforms process.
Last month South Sudan announced a dramatic increase in the cost of aid-worker permits from $100 to $10,000. It’s now backtracked on the decision.
If fighting continues and controversial policies are not reversed, it’s only a matter of time before full scale fighting breaks out again in South Sudan.
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Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Visiting Professor University of Buckingham, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
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Researcher at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs, Österreichisches Institut für Internationale Politik (OIIP)
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Director, International Development Department, University of Birmingham
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DPhil Candidate, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
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Adjunct Professor of African Security Studies, University of Juba
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Research Professor & Associate Director, Peace Accords Matrix (PAM), Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame