Latest articles on South Sudan

Conflict until the cows come home

Africa David Mono Danga - 11 Oct 2020

Climate change and civil war are escalating tensions between South Sudan’s herders and crop farmers, who are competing over land

South Sudan’s forex shortage highlights broader economic crisis

Africa David Mono Danga - 1 Sep 2020

South Sudan has nearly run out of foreign currency – and this is just the tip of a much bigger economic crisis.

The foreign aid game is changing: these are the opportunities for Africa

Africa Dan Banik & Nikolai Hegertun - 23 Aug 2020

A more explicit emphasis on the national interest may encourage donor countries to play ‘the long game’ in Africa

Nine years later, South Sudan is still a nation in waiting

Africa Nyagoah Tut Pur - 9 Jul 2020

July 9 marks nine years since South Sudan became independent. But the promise of that independence has yet to be realised

Much of South Sudan’s cabinet has Covid-19. What happened?

Africa David Mono Danga - 3 Jun 2020

And only two of the country’s five vice-presidents have not had the virus

Lifting the arms embargo on South Sudan would be a disgrace

Africa Thozamile Botha - 22 May 2020

Later this month, the UN Security Council will vote on whether to lift the arms embargo on South Sudan. Doing so would be a terrible mistake

Crisis, what crisis? How not to handle a pandemic

Africa Aanu Adeoye, Simon Allison, Amindeh Blaise Atabong & Abdul S Brima - 27 Apr 2020

So far, most countries on the African continent are dealing with Covid-19, but not all leaders are taking the coronavirus pandemic seriously

‘The UN didn’t do anything wrong’: Peacekeepers in South Sudan respond to Covid-19 criticism

Africa David Mono Danga - 27 Apr 2020

The international organisation has been on the receiving end of bitter criticism since South Sudan’s first case of Covid-19 was confirmed to be a UN staffer

‘Any trigger can lead to suicide’

Africa Amanda Sperber - 23 Apr 2020

For South Sudanese refugees, fleeing war and sexual violence is only the beginning of their struggles, writes Amanda Sperber from northern Uganda. This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting

South Africa can reclaim its role as a diplomatic powerhouse in Africa

Africa Piers Pigou - 1 Apr 2020

Pretoria can make a real difference in helping to solve conflicts and other issues in Burundi, the DRC, South Sudan and Zimbabwe

A new continental free trade agreement is here: But what about the regional economic communities?

Analysis Vusi Gumede - 8 Mar 2020

The agreement could go beyond economics towards the political unification of Africa

South Sudan’s guns silent – for now

Africa Deprose Muchena - 6 Mar 2020

They’ll roar again unless there’s justice for atrocities and the armed forces are reformed

To really silence the guns, the AU’s resolve must be stronger

Africa Solomon Dersso - 5 Feb 2020

Conflict in Africa — and the world — is on the rise. The continent needs to take concrete measures to stop the escalating violence

Not the Nobel Prize: Giving war criminals the attention they deserve

Africa Simon Allison - 17 Jan 2020

A new ‘award’, Spoilers of Peace, is designed to name and shame those people preventing peace in South Sudan

The digital breadcrumbs behind the M&G’s censorship attack

Article Jacques Coetzee 1 - 4 Oct 2019

From the US to Cameroon, from SA to South Sudan to Spain. Tracking down the people trying to take our site down took us all over the internet

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FNB dragged into bribery claims

khaya koko - 3 Dec 2020

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Health

Tighter Covid restrictions for N. Mandela Bay — other hotspots may follow

Sarah Smit & Mg Data Desk - 3 Dec 2020

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special reports - 30 Nov 2020

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Festive Reading

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

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Centre for Women & Gender Studies

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

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Greening the Future

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

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Failing to learn the lessons? The impact of Covid-19 on a Broken and Unequal Education System

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

If the president was serious about fixing basic education, he would appoint his most competent minister with a powerful mandate to start fixing it

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National Science and Technology Forum

special reports - 27 Nov 2020

It's an independent SETI platform, an essential element of an active democracy and an important part of the collaboration process needed in SETI

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Milestones over the NSTF’s 25-year history

special reports - 27 Nov 2020

The organisation celebrates its Silver Jubilee as an established player in the NSI and as promoter and influencer of SET and innovation in South Africa