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For Africa, Much Hinges on UN Secretary General Election
The coming weeks will see the election of the next UN secretary general. The entire geopolitical situation is uncertain at the moment, with major world powers showing strong discrepancies in their...
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The Prosecutor vs. Omar al-Bashir
The atrocities perpetrated by the Government of Sudan (GoS) and the Janjaweed militia during the post-2003 Darfuri conflict constituted the first internationally condemned and acknowledged genocide of...
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Wanted: A New Chapter in U.S.-Sudan Relations
U.S.-Sudan relations have ranged from outright hostility to limited diplomatic engagement since Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir ascended to power in 1989, yet the Obama administration spent...
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The Gulf Crisis is Hitting the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa, according to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), is comprised of eight countries including Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and...
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Education in South Sudan
Most discussions about development in South Sudan revolve exclusively around security, foreign investment and aid. Large-scale endeavors such as infrastructure, health-care, and trade will have to be...
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South Sudan: A ‘Fragile’ Country Ravaged by Famine and War
If you are looking for a country afflicted with every possible horror one can think of, South Sudan does a good job at coming first. Things have been going downhill ever since South Sudan came into...
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Trump Wrecking South Sudan Peace Deal
Last week, the White House issued a statement on the prolonged civil war in South Sudan, threatening to pull the ripcord on US assistance because of the “non-inclusiveness” of the South Sudanese...
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Nikki Haley’s South Sudan Plan
A face to face meeting between the President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, and opposition leader in absentia, Riek Machar, is set to happen before the 31st Summit of the Assembly of the African Union...
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Sudan’s Botched Facelift
One of the most wretchedly underreported “global interest” stories to have arisen over the past few years is the agonized uptrend of Sudan. Once under strict sanctions by the State Department for...
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U.S. Helps War Criminals Escape Justice
Lobbying disclosures have revealed that former U.S. diplomats were contracted to shield the South Sudanese government from the creation of a war crimes court through the African Union. According to...
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