SOUTH SUDAN: UNITY GOVERNMENT THREATENED BY EFFORTS TO CONSOLIDATE CONTROL OF DEFENCE SECTOR

   Wed, 22 March 2023

An abrupt unilateral reshuffle of senior postings within South Sudan’s unity government by President Kiir has provoked an outcry from the opposition, raising the threat of internal fragmentation. As the government comes under increased criticism for the delayed implementation of a 2018 peace deal, opposition holdout groups have signalled their growing distrust of the process. Amid recent signs of armed group mobilisation in Upper Nile state, if Kiir continues overt efforts to gain control over crucial transition processes, the result will likely be a further deterioration of security across the country.

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