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South Sudan boasts a wealth of natural resources beyond oil. With fertile plains and a long growing season, it has the potential to still become a breadbasket for the region and beyond.
This article is prompted by questions posed by Professor of Anthropology Jok Madut in his article dated 13 May 2021, which appeared in Daily Nation in Kenya; and his proposition of phased elections (starting with the sub-national level and then the national level), in an interview on 19 August 2023 with Radio Tamazuj.
What’s new? In February 2020, South Sudan’s two main belligerents began forming a unity government pursuant to a peace deal inked a year and a half earlier. But the pact is fragile, smaller conflicts are still ablaze and the threat of return to full-blown civil war remains. Why does it matter? Forthcoming elections could test the peace deal severely. Looking further ahead, conflict will continue to plague South Sudan until its leaders forge a political system that distributes power more widely. The cost of cyclical fighting since 2013 has been steep: hundreds of thousands dead and m...
South Sudan Pursues a Power Sector Revival (By Charné Hundermark) The East-Central African nation is focusing on power generation projects backed by critical infrastructure CAPE TOWN, South Africa, February 1, 2021/APO Group/ -- By Charné Hundermark South Sudan is re-directing its focus on power sector development in a bid to dramatically transform its electricity market, which faces a deficit of approximately 170 MW and has led to one of the lowest electricity access rates globally. Through the development of several power generation projects expected to boost installed capacity, along wi...