Stories about South Sudan from March, 2011

South Sudan: A wrong start for Africa’s newest country

  24 March 2011

Maggie Fick believes that Africa’s newest country, South Sudan is starting off on the wrong foot: “There has been heavy fighting between the Southern army and an intractable local rebel movement, clashes between fractious units of the northern Sudanese army deployed in the south, an ugly police abuse scandal, and...

South Sudan: On Vigilante Justice

  18 March 2011

Maggies blogs about vigilante justice in Juba, South Sudan: “In my experience as a Juba resident for the past year and a half, vigilante justice and citizen’s arrests, confused and often abusive and arbitrary policing, and a general lack of rule of law are par for the course in what...

South Sudan: The UN and civilian protection

  15 March 2011

Maggie discusses the UN and civilian protection in South Sudan: “As the Southern Sudanese army’s fight continues against rebel forces it claims are backed by the Khartoum government, the question of how everyday southerners caught in the crossfire can and should be protected is becoming increasingly urgent.”

South Sudan: Abandoning Abyei

  4 March 2011

Will Sudanese leaders abandon Abyei again?: “I am reminded of a 2008 Human Rights Watch report which detailed the violations by the Sudanese Armed Forces and their allied militias when they razed the town of Abyei in May ’08. The report is titled “Abandoning Abyei.” A fitting title, and an...