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Facebook and Social Media Fanning the Flames of War in South Sudan

By: Matthew LeRiche | Tuesday, July 12th, 2016

Hate speech and proffering war online using social media, particularly Facebook has contributed to South Sudan’s return to conflict. As Juba burns, the role of social media, online hate speech and rumor is becoming clear. As leaders call for ceasefire, calm and peace, internet warriors are beating the drums of war, some may even be Read the post

Tags: CVE, Social Media, South Sudan, violence
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Publication Announcement - CSG Paper: Non-State Security Providers and Political Formation in South Sudan

By: Antoine Vandemoortele | Thursday, April 14th, 2016

The Centre for Security Governance has just published its latest CSG Paper, “Non-State Security Providers and Political Formation in South Sudan: The Case of Western Equatoria’s Arrow Boys” written by Mareike Schomerus and Anouk S. Rigterink. This is the second of four papers produced as part of the CSG’s project on Non-State Security Providers and Political Formation Read the post

Tags: non state actors, publications, South Sudan
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Targeted UN Sanctions in South Sudan a Threat to Peace

By: Matthew LeRiche | Thursday, October 29th, 2015

By voicing concern, Russia and Angola delayed a further round of targeted sanctions against South Sudanese leaders proposed by the UN Security Council. Many have explained this action as part of the growing geopolitical competition between Russia and the West (the USA, UK and France co-sponsored the sanctions): Russia and China are cultivating closer ties Read the post

Tags: peace deal, sanctions, South Sudan
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The Unity State Factor and the South Sudan Peace Agreement

By: Brian Adeba | Monday, September 14th, 2015

On August 26th, President Salva Kiir of South Sudan reluctantly signed a peace deal that would end nearly 20 months of fighting between government troops and rebels of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – in-opposition (SPLM-IO). Nine days earlier on August 17th, at a ceremony in Ethiopia, Kiir had refused to sign the agreement, citing Read the post

Tags: peace deal, South Sudan
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Four Weaknesses of South Sudan’s Military Integration Process

By: Lesley Anne Warner | Tuesday, August 18th, 2015

Since the fracturing of the South Sudanese military in December 2013, South Sudan has been embroiled in civil war. As ongoing peace negotiations are likely to contain transitional security arrangements that would contain provisions to integrate non-statutory armed forces into the South Sudanese military, it is important to understand what factors previously compromised the implementation Read the post

Tags: military integration, security sector reform, South Sudan, SSR
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UN Security Council Targeted Sanctions in South Sudan; for whom and for what?

By: Matthew LeRiche | Monday, July 13th, 2015

The targeted sanctions announced by the UN Security Council with respect to the conflict in South Sudan, once again raise major questions regarding the use of targeted sanctions as peacebuilding tools. The current sanctions have problems in terms of their core conception, their non-political designations, the selection of the specific individuals, and most importantly the Read the post

Tags: conflict, sanctions, South Sudan
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Security Sector Reform in South Sudan and prospects for peace

By: Matthew LeRiche | Friday, July 3rd, 2015

Escalation since April in the conflict in South Sudan left little hope a settlement could be reached any time soon. Both government and opposition forces appeared dedicated to a military solution. In the past weeks however renewed hope has come from a series of engagements by 1) the South African government, 2) progress in reconciliation Read the post

Tags: military integration, security sector reform, South Sudan, SSR
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Backgrounder – Factors behind South Sudan’s Persistent Insecurity

By: Margarita Yakovenko | Wednesday, April 29th, 2015

IGAD-led peace talks were held in March, without any resolution to the crisis. However, even if a peace deal was struck, it is unlikely that it would have succeeded in establishing enduring peace. Although the civil war that began in December 2013 is largely a product of a political/military power struggle, the general insecurity in Read the post

Tags: Backgrounder, security sector reform, South Sudan
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Security Sector Reform and the Rule of Law in South Sudan

By: Margarita Yakovenko | Thursday, January 29th, 2015

On June 17, 2014, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies held its 15th Senior Leaders Seminar in Washington D.C. The theme was Regional Responses: Security Sector Reform and Rule of Law. This is a video of a presentation made at the seminar by Ibrahim Wani, the Director of Human Rights, United Nations Mission in South Read the post

Tags: rule of law, security sector reform, South Sudan
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Book Review - Linked Fate of the Two Sudans

By: Brian Adeba | Wednesday, April 30th, 2014

A Poisonous Thorn in Our Hearts: Sudan and South Sudan’s Bitter and Incomplete Divorce by James Copnall Published by Hurst and Company, London, March 2014. In his exhaustive and perceptive book, among the first to assess the birth of South Sudan in 2011, author James Copnall argues that Sudan’s bitter divorce is incomplete. On many Read the post

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