A South Sudanese general has resigned, citing abuses by the security forces against civilians and what he called increasing ethnic favoritism in the military, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Saturday. Lieutenant General Thomas Cirillo Swaka, the deputy head of logistics, is the highest-ranking officer to resign since former Vice President Riek Machar … Read more
For more than 25 years the people of South Sudan fought their powerful common enemy to a standstill. The enslaving Arab Islamist forces of north Sudan were matched fire for fire until the northerners acknowledged that the southerners who are Animists and Christians have rights to live free and on their own cultural and religious … Read more
After over 21-year-long civil war between north and south Sudan (supposed to have officially ended in 2005), and following the partition of the country on July 9 2011, tensions still remain highly evident in South Sudan and if well-adapted indigenous measures are not taken anything worst can happen again (even) in both countries. It will … Read more