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SOUTH SUDAN

Salva Kiir plays the sorcerer’s apprentice

The recent confrontations in Juba have been presented as an attempted coup by former Vice President Riek Machar (Nuer). In fact, they look more like an internal strike by President Salva Kiir to eliminate his rivals and opponents in the [...] (744 words)

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Politics

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SOUTH SUDAN
Abdallah Nhial Deng
Alfred Lado Gore
Chuol Tong Mayay
Cirino Hiteng
Deng Alor
Deng Oyai Ajek
Gier Chuan
Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Co
James Wani Igga
John Garang
Kosti Manibe
National Congress Party
Nhial Deng Nhial
Omar Al Bashir
Pagan Amum
Petrodar
Riek Gok
Riek Machar
Salva Kiir
SPLM-Nord
Sudan Revolutionary Front
Taban Deng Gaï
Telar Ring Deng

Is Kapoeta governor's grip on local business under threat?

The governance of Louis Lobong Lojore, who has built up an impressive business empire in his state, could be tainted by a new scandal. [...]

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Embassies set to close…

Even as the under-secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Business 30/03/2018

A Sudanese magnate moves into telecomms

Following the suspension of Vivacell's operations, a joint venture between Juba and a Sudanese entrepreneur moves in to fill the gap… [...]

SOUTH SUDAN 16/02/2018

Agak Achuil, the financial wonder kid, gets his marching orders

The rising star of the South Sudanese government and the first under-secretary for finance, Agak Achuil, has been summarily sacked [...]

SOUTH SUDAN 02/02/2018

Telar Ring Deng slams the door on the embassy in Russia

In a letter dated 25 January and sent at the behest of President Salva Kiir's office, the South Sudanese foreign [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 25/08/2017

Elections could be in the offing

The diplomatic scene surrounding the South Sudanese conflict has shifted since July 20. The shift begins with a stern warning [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Business 28/04/2017

SFO launches probe of De La Rue

The Indian Ocean Newsletter has received a letter dated April [...]

UGANDA SOUTH SUDAN Politics 28/04/2017

Museveni changes his mind about Salva Kiir Free

Although he previously threw his unconditional support behind South Sudanese president Salva Kiir (ION 1441), Uganda's leader, Yoweri Museveni, has [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Business Document 07/04/2017

Will SFO also investigate De la Rue international?

Following a host of articles and documents published in the Indian Ocean Newsletter (ION 1429) that revealed suspicions about the [...]

SUDAN Politics 13/01/2017

Flogging off the family jewels amid a spate of scandals

Omar al-Bashir’s regime is showing all the signs of a system on the verge of implosion. While the country is [...]

SUDAN Politics 23/12/2016

How Khartoum is seeking to mollify Beijing about its debts

A confidential memo drafted the day before Omar El Bechir arrived on a visit to a capital in the Gulf [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics Document 29/07/2016

Machar's counter-attack against Taban Deng Gai

Documents obtained by the Indian Ocean Newsletter on July 22 [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 01/07/2016

“We are governed by the devils and monkeys”

This was the curse hurled at the government by Bishop Rocco Taban on 26 June during his sermon at Wau [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 10/04/2015

Bashir in no rush to meet Kiir

President Omar Al Bashir of Sudan feels too busy readying [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 30/01/2015

Arusha agreement only makes the crisis worse

Two days after the agreement to reunite the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) was signed on 21 January by the [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 28/11/2014

Some Dinka want to come to peace with the Nuer

A delegation of representatives from the Dinka community and South [...]

KENYA SOUTH SUDAN 06/06/2014

South Sudan’s "heros" are mean

The four former SPLM (ruling party) dignitaries who had been [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 23/05/2014

Warring factions’ American friends

The support in the United States for President Salva Kiir of South Sudan goes beyond the professional lobbyists his government [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 18/04/2014

Oil, a key factor in the war

The civil war is raging in South Sudan, while the peace talks are at deadlock. At stake is the oil in Unity State. [...]

Breaking newsSOUTH SUDAN 14/03/2014

Salva Kiir’s new lobbyists in Washington

As the American government has distanced itself from South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit since the military-political crisis broke out [...]

SUDAN Politics 21/02/2014

Cross-purposes in Addis Ababa

The dialogue in Addis Ababa between Khartoum and its armed opposition is in deadlock, as are the talks on the South Sudan crisis. [...]

SOUTH SUDAN UGANDA Politics 24/01/2014

UPDF involved in civil war

The Ugandan army’s clinching support of South Sudan President Salva Kiir could virtually turn him into President Yoweri Museveni’s vassal. [...]

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UGANDA SOUTH SUDAN Politics 10/01/2014

Museveni risks getting stuck in Juba

President Yoweri Museveni’s constant pressure on the leaders of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) for them to shoulder the intervention of his troops alongside President Salva Kiir in South Sudan, is beginning to seriously upset Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta [. [...]

Breaking newsSOUTH SUDAN 30/12/2013

Yoweri Museveni’s one man show

The meeting of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) held in Nairobi on 27 December had been intended to bring [...]

SOUTH SUDAN 20/12/2013

Riek Machar

Former Vice President Riek Machar managed to escape from the republican guards on 15 December (see p.1) who had come [...]

KENYA SOUTH SUDAN Politics 20/12/2013

Nairobi concerned by crisis in Juba

In the view of the Kenyan government, the African Union must act quickly on the political crisis in South Sudan so that it does not degenerate into tribal warfare. [...]

SUDAN Politics 20/12/2013

Juba

A Voice of America (VOA) journalist from South Sudan managed [...]

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SOUTH SUDAN Politics 02/11/2012

New State already in a hopeless situation

President Salva Kiir is becoming the sacrificial victim of the realpolitik he is instigating with North Sudan. With the first anti-government demonstrations taking place in Juba in early October and unrest growing among army officers leading to fears that a [. [...]

SUDAN SOUTH SUDAN Politics 11/05/2012

Rebels backed by Khartoum

A phenomenon little addressed by United Nations resolutions nevertheless plays a role in the conflict between the two Sudans: that of southern rebels supported by Khartoum. [...]

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SUDAN SOUTH SUDAN Politics 27/04/2012

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SOUTH SUDAN
Abdallah Nhial Deng
Alfred Lado Gore
Chuol Tong Mayay
Cirino Hiteng
Deng Alor
Deng Oyai Ajek
Gier Chuan
Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Co
James Wani Igga
John Garang
Kosti Manibe
National Congress Party
Nhial Deng Nhial
Omar Al Bashir
Pagan Amum
Petrodar
Riek Gok
Riek Machar
Salva Kiir
SPLM-Nord
Sudan Revolutionary Front
Taban Deng Gaï
Telar Ring Deng

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Is Kapoeta governor's grip on local business under threat?

Embassies set to close…

A Sudanese magnate moves into telecomms

Agak Achuil, the financial wonder kid, gets his marching orders

Telar Ring Deng slams the door on the embassy in Russia

Elections could be in the offing

SFO launches probe of De La Rue

Museveni changes his mind about Salva Kiir Free

Will SFO also investigate De la Rue international?

Flogging off the family jewels amid a spate of scandals

How Khartoum is seeking to mollify Beijing about its debts

Machar's counter-attack against Taban Deng Gai

“We are governed by the devils and monkeys”

Bashir in no rush to meet Kiir

Arusha agreement only makes the crisis worse

Some Dinka want to come to peace with the Nuer

South Sudan’s "heros" are mean

Warring factions’ American friends

Oil, a key factor in the war

Salva Kiir’s new lobbyists in Washington

Cross-purposes in Addis Ababa

UPDF involved in civil war

Museveni risks getting stuck in Juba

Yoweri Museveni’s one man show

Riek Machar

Nairobi concerned by crisis in Juba

Juba

New State already in a hopeless situation

Rebels backed by Khartoum

Two countries at war in all but name

Odinga’s promises to Salva Kiir

Juba

Salva Kiir’s inner circle

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