Amid Frosty Juba – Addis Relation, Eritrea Throws its Weight Behind South Sudan

BY THE MESSENGER A delegation representing Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki has visited Juba to meet with the leadership of the ruling SPLA-Juba faction, one of several parties vying for control of the country. This visit comes amid cool relations between SPLA-Juba and Ethiopia, one of the guarantors of a peace deal that SPLA-Juba says was […]

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South Sudan: Salva Kiir Increasingly Isolated

By Africa Intelligence, MORE and more top leaders in Juba are defecting, illustrating Salva Kiir’s isolation. Since late May, the South Sudan government has suffered a series of defections, beginning with General Dar Aturjong, commander of the sixth military division. Like President Salva Kiir, he is a Dinka from Bahr-el-Ghazal. This is therefore clear evidence that […]

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