{"id":4905,"date":"2025-05-30T07:26:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T07:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/?p=4905"},"modified":"2025-08-11T07:33:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T07:33:45","slug":"weekly-news-30-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/weekly-news-30-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly News &#8211; 30 May"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4905\" class=\"elementor elementor-4905\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eff345c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eff345c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4761a6ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4761a6ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u201cKilling is part of their life\u201d: the men raised on violence who are both perpetrators and victims as South Sudan faces return to civil war<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date &#038; Source:<\/strong> May 2025 | The Conversation<\/p>\n<p>Lokwi recalls his brother\u2019s killing during SPLA\u2019s capture of Kapoeta in 1988, illustrating the generational cycle of violence that has shaped men\u2019s lives in South Sudan.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/killing-is-part-of-their-life-the-men-raised-on-violence-who-are-both-perpetrators-and-victims-as-south-sudan-faces-return-to-civil-war-256177\" class=\"read-button\">Read more<\/a>\n<hr>\n\n<h3>Renewed conflict is jeopardising South Sudan\u2019s peace process<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date &#038; Source:<\/strong> April 2025 | D+C<\/p>\n<p>A March attack by the Nuer\u2019s White Army in Nasir killed over 400, raising fears of a return to full-scale civil war and underscoring urgent calls for political dialogue.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dandc.eu\/en\/article\/what-began-skirmish-between-armed-group-and-south-sudans-military-might-bring-civil-war\" class=\"read-button\">Read more<\/a>\n<hr>\n\n<h3>South Sudan\u2019s Kiir ousts long-serving chief justice<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date &#038; Source:<\/strong> May 2025 | Radio Tamazuj<\/p>\n<p>In a surprise decree, President Kiir replaced Chief Justice Chan Reec Madut after 13 years in office, appointing Benjamin Bak Deng as his successor.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotamazuj.org\/en\/news\/article\/south-sudans-kiir-ousts-long-serving-chief-justice\" class=\"read-button\">Read more<\/a>\n<hr>\n\n<h3>UN Security Council must renew the arms embargo on South Sudan<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date &#038; Source:<\/strong> May 27, 2025 | Al Jazeera<\/p>\n<p>Analysts warn that lifting the embargo could inflame violence, recalling its imposition in 2018 after repeated ceasefire violations.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2025\/5\/27\/un-security-council-must-renew-the-arms-embargo-on-south-sudan\" class=\"read-button\">Read more<\/a>\n<hr>\n\n<h3>UN raises red flag over worsening security and rights conditions in South Sudan<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date &#038; Source:<\/strong> May 2025 | Jurist<\/p>\n<p>UN rights chief Volker T\u00fcrk warns of escalating clashes between SSPDF and SPLA-IO, with dozens dead and thousands displaced since February.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurist.org\/news\/2025\/05\/un-raises-red-flag-over-worsening-security-and-rights-conditions-in-south-sudan\/\" class=\"read-button\">Read more<\/a>\n<hr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cKilling is part of their life\u201d: the men raised on violence who are both perpetrators and victims as South Sudan faces return to civil war Date &#038; 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