New Lines Magazine published on 24 August 2026 an article titled "Living on the Edge of South Sudan's Toxic Floodplains" by Buster Emil Kirchner and Marco Simoncelli.
Defunct oil installations in South Sudan's Unity State are creating a toxic brew after recurring floods. Contaminated drinking water poses a health hazard for thousands of families and their livestock. Past oil extraction practices failed to take into account this environmental disaster.
AEI's Critical Threats Africa File posted on 16 April 2026 an analysis titled "Turkey Expands Influence in Africa" by Liam Karr and Michael DeAngelo.
Turkey recently advanced economic and security ties with Somalia and Niger. Both countries now serve as Ankara's anchors for further advancing its strategic interests in Africa. In the case of Somalia, Turkey has assumed responsibility for managing and protecting its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) while it helps rebuild the defunct Somali navy in exchange for 30 percent of EEZ revenues.
Channel News Asia published on 24 February 2026 an article titled "China Expands Economic Footprint in Turbulent South Sudan" by Patrick Oyet.
The article highlights China's continuing engagement in various sectors in South Sudan even as the country edges toward another civil war.
Comment: The article did not mention that the China National Petroleum Corporation informed Sudan and South Sudan in December 2025 that it is dissolving its long-standing partnership with Sudan's oil sector. See the Sudan Tribune's article dated 10 December 2025 titled "China's Exit from Sudan Oil Fields Deepens Crisis for War-ravaged Economy."
China-Africa Security Radar published on 9 February 2026 a commentary titled "Can Chinese Peacekeepers Actually Change Anything in Abyei?" by Paa Kwesi Wolseley Prah.
Abyei is an oil rich region along the Sudan-South Sudan border where the China National Petroleum Corporation has been the major operator. A UN peacekeeping force (UNISFA) with Chinese participation is stationed there. The author questions whether the newest Chinese peacekeeping unit assigned to UNISFA will make any difference in the outcome.
AEI's Critical Threats Africa File posted on 5 February 2026 an article titled "Sudan" by Michael DeAngelo and Elliot Nazar.
The current focus of fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is taking place in South Kordofan State. The SAF is also accusing Ethiopia of facilitating weapons shipments to and hosting RSF bases.
