24/01/2014
Opinion: An agreement but no peace in South Sudan
No, the violence in South Sudan is not at an end, far from it. The representatives of both sides can sign as many ceasefire agreements as they want in Addis Ababa but if the government and rebels are really serious, they will have to do more than just cease the current hostilities and release political prisoners. They ought to be rebuilding South Sudan from scratch - but I doubt whether they are either willing or able to do this. President Salva Kiir has so far not yet shone as a far-sighted statesman. Under the leadership of the ex-rebel, who likes to pose in public with a cowboy hat, the country is increasingly coming to resemble a military...
