Today, I gave an interview on BBC News on the situation in South Sudan and was included in Think Africa Press‘ Experts Weekly: South Sudan in Violent Crisis. In addition to my comments on the spat between President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar, comments from other SMEs included:

• Matthew LeRiche, one of the authors of South Sudan: From Revolution to Independence
• Andrew Green, a journalist based in Juba & author of a piece I’ll recommend below
• James Copnall, analyst on the Sudans & author of A Poisoned Thorn in Our Hearts: Sudan and South Sudan’s Bitter and Incomplete Divorce
• Emma Jane Drew, Oxfam South Sudan Country Director (acting)
• Daniel Large, Director of the Rift Valley Institute‘s Sudan Open Archive
• Akshaya Kumar, a Sudan and South Sudan Policy Analyst at the Enough Project

Due to time constraints, the editor apologized for not being able to get South Sudanese perspectives, but I would still recommend checking out these perspectives.

In addition to the Think Africa Press piece above, I also recommend reading the following:

• South Sudan’s conflict could spread across the border by Luka Biong Deng
• ‘The Power Struggle Was Only Beginning’ by Andrew Green
• Nine questions about the South Sudan crisis: A guide for confused observers on Radio Tamazuj
• South Sudan: Soldiers Target Ethnic Group in Juba Fighting by Human Rights Watch