Preventing Another Collapse in South-Sudan

The International Crisis Group published on 4 November 2019 a paper titled “Deja Vu: Preventing Another Collapse in South Sudan.”

South Sudan is heading toward a crisis as it nears a 12 November deadline to form a government. President Salva Kiir is threatening to leave opposition leader and former vice president Riek Machar, who is demanding a delay to the new government, out of a new cabinet. Even if the two leaders agree to share power, disputes over security arrangements and state boundaries would poison the new administration, potentially leading to its collapse.