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Why Trump is distancing himself from Salva Kiir

Salva Kiir, president of South Sudan © Getty Images

As the protagonists in the South Sudanese civil war gear up for more peace talks in Addis Ababa on 5 February, tribal mentalities are taking precedence over political considerations, prompting the exasperation of the Trump administration, Salva Kiir's last remaining [...] (654 words)

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SOUTH SUDAN
African Union
Donald Trump
Jieng Council of Elders
John Garang
Michael Morrow
Moussa Faki Mahamat
Muor Kuac
Nikki Haley
Paul Malong Awan
Riek Machar
Salva Kiir
SPLA
SPLM-IO
Telar Ring Deng
United Nations
Yoweri Museveni

Salva Kiir buys himself a private army Free

A hundred South Sudanese soldiers have just returned to Juba having undergone training in Ukraine. They'll form the core of the future special forces that the president wants. [...]

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir. © Mohamed Khidir / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

UGANDA SOUTH SUDAN Diplomacy 13/11/2020

Dialogue of deaf between Kiir and Museveni

Presidents Yoweri Museveni and Salva Kiir are struggling to resolve the recurrent tensions between Kampala and Juba that are reflected in the constant skirmishes on the border between the Uganda People's Defence Forces and the South Sudan People's Defence Forces. [...]

Presidents Yoweri Museveni (Uganda) and Salva Kiir (South Sudan). © STR/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

ZIMBABWE UNITED STATES Diplomacy 02/11/2020

US sanctions top of the agenda for new Washington ambassador Tadeous Chifamba

With the US presidential election just days away, Harare has appointed a new ambassador to Washington, Tadeous Tafirenyika Chifamba. His first priority will be to tackle the thorny issue of getting American sanctions on his country lifted. [...]

Zimbabwe's new ambassador to the United States, Tadeus Chifamba, has so far represented his country to European institutions. © Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States

Inner circles

ZAMBIA Mining 04/06/2020

Chris Rugari, ZCCM-IH's partner in Mumbwa gold venture, has friends in high places

The decision of state-owned Zambian mining company ZCCM-IH to go into alliance with little-known Array Metals on the Mumbwa gold project might seem initially surprising but Array's vice president, Ugandan businessman Chris Rugari, has access to the corridors of power in Zambia and in his native Uganda. [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 28/02/2020

A peace as fragile as the fledgling government

On 22 February, SPLM-IO rebels signed a peace accord to bring an end to a civil war that broke out [...]

UGANDA Politics 28/02/2020

Yoweri Museveni exploits evangelical connections in dealings with Israel

During the visit of the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Uganda on 3 February, the Uganda Christian Coalition for [...]

SOUTH SUDAN 17/01/2020

Why Philip Jada Natana has been recalled to Juba

South Sudan's ambassador to the United States, Philip Jada Natana, was recalled to Juba on 18 December. According to our [...]

UGANDA Defence 29/11/2019

Paul Lokech seeks to unite South Sudanese forces

On 18 November, President Yoweri Museveni dispatched the chief of staff of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Air Force (UPDAF), General [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 23/08/2019

Who is backing Ambrose Riiny Thiik to replace Salva Kiir?

According to internal sources, the Ugandan intelligence services recently learnt that certain groups in their country are backing Ambrose Riiny [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 19/04/2019

Martin Elia Lomuro's dubious links with African Union

The minister of cabinet affairs, Martin Elia Lomuro, and the minister for information, Michael Makuei Lueth, are currently seeking to [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 05/04/2019

Government appears uncommitted to peace

On 24 March, the second vice president James Wani Igga visited Torit in Eastern Equatoria for the second time since [...]

CAMEROON Politics 13/02/2019

Paul Biya's lackadaisical diplomacy

Whereas Cameroon's neighbours are taking active steps to deal with the increasing challenges they face and their respective presidents are [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Document 11/01/2019

Agel Ring Machar seeks to rally Dinkas to Taban Deng Gai

The press attaché of the South Sudanese first vice president, Agel Ring Machar (Dinka), is trying to win the Dinkas [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 07/12/2018

African Union issues ultimatum over release of SPLM POWs

According to information obtained by the Indian Ocean Newsletter from [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Energy 27/11/2018

Pretoria and Juba add oil to list of joint projects

South Sudanese minister of petroleum, Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth and South [...]

SOUTH SUDAN 09/11/2018

Thon Simon Thok to retrieve his ministerial portfolio

According to information obtained by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, the minister of labour and public service in Jonglei state, Thon [...]

SOUTH SUDAN UGANDA Business 09/11/2018

Al Cardinal mediates between Kiir and Museveni

The involvement of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Force (UPDF) in the South Sudanese crisis is proving lucrative for the Ugandan [...]

AFRICAN UNION CHAD Politics 17/10/2018

Moussa Faki Mahamat's costly entourage criticised

The costs of the official trips abroad of the president [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 28/09/2018

How the UPDF is helping Kiir to resume hostilities

Despite Salva Kiir signing a peace accord with the various opposition parties, including the SPLM-IO headed by the former vice [...]

AFRICA 11/09/2018

Greater consistency in mining classification in sight?

In late July in Aveiro, Portugal, a panel of experts [...]

SOMALIA Business 31/08/2018

Sonoran Policy Group, Mogadishu's new lobbyist in the USA

Since 10 August, the CEO of Sonoran Policy Group, Christian [...]

Focus

SOUTH SUDAN 07/08/2018

The Asian business interests of South Sudan's presidential family

Salva Kiir, the president of South Sudan since its independence in 2011, has also been presiding, though more discreetly, over one of leading family consortiums in this fledgling country. Many members of his family are active in business, often in partnership with Asian companies. [...]

AFRICA UNITED STATES Politics 04/07/2018

Trump still averse to UN peacekeeping operations

A fierce critic of United Nations (UN) multilateralism, the American [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 29/06/2018

Which issues does the peace framework agreement address?

The historic meeting on 27 June in Khartoum between President [...]

UGANDA Politics 29/06/2018

Sanctions on Juba will be healthy for Kampala's finances

During a visit to Uganda on 11 June, the US Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 15/06/2018

Are Kiir and Machar set to meet in Khartoum?

The South Sudanese president Salva Kiir and the former vice [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 13/04/2018

Kiir's manoeuvres to undermine opposition unity

Whether or not actively implicated, President Salva Kiir's regime has stood by while many Dinka opponents have been murdered in [...]

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AFRICAN UNION Business 30/03/2018

First Chinese espionage, now Rwandan surveillance?

Following Rwandan president Paul Kagame's election as chairperson of the African Union (AU) on 28 January, Global Voice Group (GVG), which advertises itself as a provider of governance technologies in the telecommunications sector, signed a memorandum of understanding with the [. [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Politics 16/03/2018

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Salva Kiir buys himself a private army Free

Dialogue of deaf between Kiir and Museveni

US sanctions top of the agenda for new Washington ambassador Tadeous Chifamba

Chris Rugari, ZCCM-IH's partner in Mumbwa gold venture, has friends in high places

A peace as fragile as the fledgling government

Yoweri Museveni exploits evangelical connections in dealings with Israel

Why Philip Jada Natana has been recalled to Juba

Paul Lokech seeks to unite South Sudanese forces

Who is backing Ambrose Riiny Thiik to replace Salva Kiir?

Martin Elia Lomuro's dubious links with African Union

Government appears uncommitted to peace

Paul Biya's lackadaisical diplomacy

Agel Ring Machar seeks to rally Dinkas to Taban Deng Gai

African Union issues ultimatum over release of SPLM POWs

Pretoria and Juba add oil to list of joint projects

Thon Simon Thok to retrieve his ministerial portfolio

Al Cardinal mediates between Kiir and Museveni

Moussa Faki Mahamat's costly entourage criticised

How the UPDF is helping Kiir to resume hostilities

Greater consistency in mining classification in sight?

Sonoran Policy Group, Mogadishu's new lobbyist in the USA

The Asian business interests of South Sudan's presidential family

Trump still averse to UN peacekeeping operations

Which issues does the peace framework agreement address?

Sanctions on Juba will be healthy for Kampala's finances

Are Kiir and Machar set to meet in Khartoum?

Kiir's manoeuvres to undermine opposition unity

First Chinese espionage, now Rwandan surveillance?

The South Sudanese quagmire becomes a bloodbath…

Uganda and Kenya shield Kiir from the United States

Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth abandons a former friend sentenced to death

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

Mediation in a void for South Sudan

Telar Ring Deng slams the door on the embassy in Russia

A return to the dark era of the warlords…

Fighting makes a mockery of IGAD's peace declarations

A Dinka joins sides with Machar

An SPLA general on verge of joining opposition

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