Month: July 2013

• The time when Salva Kiir nuked his large tent

  July 23, 2013

  South Sudan, Uncategorized

  Today, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir sacked his Vice President Riek Machar and dissolved the government, leaving undersecretaries of various ministries to run said ministries until further notice. Although there had been a few recent indications of internal fissures within the ruling Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the cold war between Salva and Riek… Read.

• Rumor has it Nigerian troops leaving Mali, MINUSMA

  July 18, 2013

  African Union, ECOWAS, Mali, Nigeria

  Yesterday, Nigeria’s The Guardian newspaper reported that President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the withdrawal of Nigerian troops currently deployed to Mali. Nigerian troops initially entered Mali in January 2013 as part of the African-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA), and had come under the command of the UN’s Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali… Read.