PaanLuel Wël Media Ltd – South Sudan

"We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing" By Konstantin Josef Jireček, a Czech historian, diplomat and slavist.

Anatomy of South Sudan mutiny and the bad blood between Kiir and Machar

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The sound and stench of death that has engulfed Juba was caused by firing of the ex-VP, his allies— a move that pricked the wound that has been festering since the signing of the CPA that was not comprehensive after all. Was it an attempted coup d’état? That is neither fully established nor highly important, pretty much like the question as to whether this is a Nuer-Dinka clash. The president had issued decrees sacking the governors of Lake and Unity states at different times this year and appointing office holders in interim capacities. Secondly, the president should attend the talks wearing his traditional hat, and not military uniform. The symbolism will be important for the process. On his part, Dr Machar needs to abandon the tunnel vision that sees regime change as the only solution to South Sudanese problems.

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