By Jacob Akol The ten states of South Sudan grouped in the three historical provinces of the Sudan, Greater Bahr el Ghazal(green) Greater Equatoria(blue) and Greater Upper Nile(yellow) January 3, 2014[]…“We should use this crisis as an opportunity to revisit what we recognized before the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and Independence.” Asks Jacob J. Akol…
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Breakdown in South Sudan
What Went Wrong — and How to Fix It Written by Alex de Waal and Abdul Mohammed The South Sudanese people made extraordinary sacrifices to achieve independence two and a half years ago. That makes their leaders’ abject failure to build a viable South Sudan since then all the more galling. Now, a political crisis imperils the…
Riek Machar: Kiir wants to provoke a tribal war in South Sudan
Former Vice President Riek Machar on South Sudan civil war, Addis Ababa peace talks Written by Mustafa Sirri January 1, 2014[London, Asharq Al-Awsat]—Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsatvia satellite phone from somewhere within the rebel-held territory of South Sudan, former vice-president Riek Machar laid the blame for the ongoing civil war firmly on the shoulders of embattled…
