OpenFactBook.orgSouth Sudan
Population: 12,703,714
GDP per capita: $400
Capital: Juba
UN Special Procedures#SouthSudan: escalating violence creates child trafficking crisis warns UN expert @smullallylaw. Impunity must end. Survivors must have access to justice, medical services and protection from reprisals and risks of re-trafficking.
PRIF📣 Starting tomorrow, four states in the Horn of Africa will hold elections in 2026 🗳️
In a new post on #PRIFblog, Jalale Getachew Birru argues that these elections could act as stress multipliers due to existing conflicts in the region: As a result, the risk of instability and violence increases.
Learn more ⬇️
https://blog.prif.org/2026/04/09/fragile-polls-political-deadlock-and-insurgencies-cloud-elections-in-the-horn-of-africa/
#elections #Somalia #Southsudan #Ethiopia #Djibouti #insurgencies
Fragile Polls: Political Deadlock and Insurgencies Cloud Elections in the Horn of Africa - PRIF BLOG
On 10 April, Djibouti will kick off one of the four elections in the Horn of Africa in 2026—Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, and South Sudan. Conflict trends across the region indicate that these upcoming elections will act as stress multipliers, amplifying existing tensions rather than creating new ones. This has the potential to worsen ongoing insurgencies and unresolved political disputes, and to significantly increase the risk of electoral violence. Drawing on recent peace and conflict research and data from the region, this article provides a comparative assessment to anticipate the risk of election-related instability and violence in this region.
Mathieu GottelandSince then, and repeatedly, the South Sudanese government has taken aim at the #UN mission in the country (#UNMISS), in a context of open defiance towards any external pressure to "keep" the #peace, democratize #SouthSudan, or implement minimal state-building reforms.
Operations to retake Akobo from the opposition a month ago have seen hostility to UNMISS come to a head. The government had ordered peacekeepers to leave ; they have stayed to better protect civilians.
Meanwhile, it has jailed vice-president Machar and essentially shattered the former #peace agreement to capture the state. President Kiir is on a mission to obtain international support for an end to the "transition" which is both premature and overdue. No significant reforms have been implemented since the end of the previous civil #war in 2018. #Elections which can be neither free nor fair are planned at the end of this year to legitimize Kiir's self-#coup.
#UN closure of #SouthSudan 's Akobo base sends the wrong political signal
For a little over a year now, the civil #war in South Sudan has reignited. War crimes by all parties are now commonplace, while the dire humanitarian situation has been deliberately worsened.
UNMISS announces closure of Akobo base
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has announced the closure of its base in Akobo County, Jonglei State, following what it described as a decision from the highest level. Office of Jonglei state governor reported that a high-level UNMISS delegation, led by the Head of Field Office in Bor, Geetha Pious, delivered the message
Headlines AfricaSouth Sudan President Salva Kiir fires parliament speaker and deputy http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRw375 #SouthSudan #SalvaKiir #SPLM #JemmaNunuKumba #Parliament
South Sudanese Christians hold Good Friday march for peace http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRsX6G #SouthSudan #PeaceMarch #GoodFriday #CivilWar #HumanRights
LilMikeSF26 yr old, Ex #Syracuse #NCAA #basketball player who learned the sport in refugee camps to be #deported back to #SouthSudan after more than a month in #ICE custody at Moshannon Valley Processing Center in #Pennsylvania, where he is now being held.
John Bol Anak's #F1Visa holder status was technically expired 60 days after 2023 graduation, and since then he had failed to enroll in new #college studies, find steady work or stable housing.
“If this is how I’m leaving, I never want to step foot in this country again".
