Tag: South Sudan
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Don’t read too much into U.S. evacuating AmCits from South Sudan (w/correction note)
Correction: After I posted this, a colleague corrected my references below to a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO) from South Sudan. Apparently, what happened was not technically classified as a NEO, since ALL personnel depart in a NEO (as opposed to South Sudan where the Embassy still has essential staff), and it usually has more military involvement. Read.
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Competing Imperatives: Post-Conflict Military Integration and Demobilization in South Sudan
Last week, I did a webinar for the Cultural Knowledge Symposium‘s Speaker Series based on the research I have done thus far on South Sudan. You can see the video from the webinar below: Synopsis: Since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005, the government of South Sudan has sought to neutralize Read.
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South Sudan celebrates SPLA Day, but what about human rights?
On May 16, South Sudan commemorated the 29th anniversary of the founding of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA). On top of fighting a 22 year-long war that secured South Sudan’s independence last year, the SPLA will now protect the country in the event that the low-intensity conflict with Sudan escalates. While South Sudan’s security forces had already espoused Read.
