Colum Lynch has an explosive scoop in Foreign Policy reporting an incident in July in which a convoy of American diplomats was fired upon by South Sudanese government forces. The diplomats were traveling in armored cars, and when they passed the...
There is an important vote at the Security Council today to extend and expand the mandate of the beleaguered UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. The resolution will likely pass. But the weeks that follow will be a key test...
South Sudan commemorates its fifth anniversary as an independent country on July 9. But the half decade since independence has not been kind to the world’s youngest country. In December 2013 a civil war broke out between rival political factions,...
On July 9, South Sudan commemorates its 5th independence day. And I say “commemorates” and not “celebrates” because there is not a whole lot to celebrate. The country has been mired in conflict since late 2013, when a political dispute...
Following months of meditation and efforts by South Sudanese and international negotiators, a long-awaited peace agreement was finally signed last week, and a cease-fire began over the weekend. However, barely hours after the official beginning of the cease-fire, the South...
South Sudan is in a tailspin. On July 9, the country commemorated its 4th anniversary of independence but it was hardly a celebration. Since December 2013 the country has been in a freefall stemming from when a political dispute between...
South Sudan. For the second year running. But there’s also some good news in this year’s Fragile States Index! “South Sudan has topped the Fragile States Index for the second year in succession, as the country continues to be...
This map, from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, succinctly shows the number people displaced by fighting in South Sudan and where they have fled. There is a deeper story to this map. Over the last four...
