Showing posts with label Thomas Cirillo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thomas Cirillo. Show all posts

Friday, April 16, 2021

Conflict in South Sudan's Equatoria Region

 The US Institute of Peace published in April 2021 a study titled "Conflict and Crisis in South Sudan's Equatoria" by Alan Boswell, International Crisis Group.  

The report examines the conflict in Equatoria region of South Sudan.  It concludes the crisis in Equatoria will likely become entrenched if peace talks do not gain momentum and as resentments from abusive counterinsurgency campaigns mount and disillusionment with the troubled peace process grows.  

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Why South Sudan Has Only Known Conflict

 World Politics Review published on 23 February 2021 a commentary titled "Why the World's Newest Country Has Only Known Conflict" by Alan Boswell, International Crisis Group. 

The author argues any hope for stability in South Sudan depends on a reset of an ill-suited winner-take-all political system that fuels ongoing tensions among elites.  

Friday, February 26, 2021

South Sudan's Other War

 The International Crisis Group (ICG) published on 25 February 2021 a report titled "South Sudan's Other War: The Insurgency in Equatoria."

This is an account of a little known insurgency in South Sudan's Equatoria region led by General Thomas Cirillo.