The Missing Elements and why it’s a Fragile Exercise 09 December 2017 Constantine Bartel Each passing day, South Sudanese spirit of unity and “one nation” is eroded. South Sudanese are worse off today as regards to security; essential services an impartial judicial system and law enforcement. What is more, none of the above failures has …

Simona Foltyn03 Nov 2017 00:00 In a special investigation, Simona Foltyn and the Mail & Guardian reveal how nearly $1-billion of South Sudan’s foreign reserves cannot be adequately accounted for. Leaked audit report shows how family and friends of top government officials benefited from letters of credit scam. In order to address the country’s acute …

The Voluntary Civil Society Taskforce on Implementation of the Peace Agreement Press Release June 15, 2017 The Voluntary Civil Society Taskforce on Implementation of the Peace Agreement (the Taskforce) organized 10 consultative meetings on the national dialogue in Juba and in the states. These meetings were meant to increase public awareness on the concept of …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pretoria, 26th May 2017– According to news reports, Mr. George Livio, a journalist with the UN’s Radio Miray a, has been released from unlawful detention in South Sudan, where he was held at a National Security facility incommunicado and in deplorable conditions for over 1000 days without charges. We commend the Gove …

19 May 2017 Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA)for Sudan and South Sudan, documents the period following July 2016 when then vice-president Riek Machar, leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-in-Opposition (SPLM/A-IO), and hundreds of his forces fled Juba and reached Garamba National Park across the border in the DRC. Machar and his men were eventually …

20 May 2017 In December 2016 the UN said that ethnic cleansing was occurring in South Sudan. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) released a report on the findings of a year-long investigation into human rights violations in the Yei Town. The report found 114 cases of Sudan’s People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and Mathiang Anyor killing civilians that were perceived …