South Sudan in Focus

South Sudanese civil society activists have cautiously welcomed a security deal reached Sunday by parties to the 2018 peace agreement; Some women leaders in South Sudan have welcomed the deal reached by the SPLM-IG, SPLM-IO, and SSOA over the weekend to form a command structure for the unified forces and call for a fair representation of women in the process; Sudanese nationals from the Darfur region who are living in the South Sudan capital Juba are welcoming the trial of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (Ali Kushayb) who is expected to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague Tuesday; Sudanese diplomats react to remarks made by the head of Sudan’s Sovereign Council general Abdul-Fattah al-Burhan threatening to expel the head of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Volker Perthes, if the latter oversteps his mandate