Slow Rolling the South Sudan Peace Process

The Institute for Security Analysis (ISS) published on 23 July 2014 an analysis titled "Playing for Time in the South Sudan Peace Process" by Kasaija Phillip Apuuli, ISS in Addis Ababa.  The author argues that both the government of South Sudan and the SPLM in Opposition seem to be making every effort to scuttle the peace process, hoping that they can gain an advantage. 

IGAD Communique on South Sudan

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) held an extraordinary session of heads of state and government in Nairobi on 27 December 2013 to discuss the crisis in South Sudan.  Among other things, the final communique announced that General Lazaro Sumbeiywo of Kenya and Ethiopia's former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Ambassador to China, Seyoum Mesfin, will serve as IGAD special envoys for South Sudan.