It’s less than a week until South Sudan plans a peace celebration in Juba with both President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar expected to attend. Yet there’s little to celebrate for thousands of civilians still fleeing violence, and there’s evidence that the latest “peace on paper” isn’t reaching…
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir promised more than once to release political detainees, most recently in June when signing a peace agreement in Khartoum. Yet South Sudanese are still arbitrarily arrested, detained and tortured, according to an Amnesty International report released Tuesday. Most recently, Dr. Peter Biar Ajak, a prominent…
With the news this week that the 76-year-old President Alassane Ouattara won’t seek a controversial third term in Côte d’Ivoire – he’ll head up a new coalition party for a 2020 transition instead – some in neighboring Togo wonder if their own leader will take the hint that it’s time…