Tuesday 25 September
- South Sudanese surgeon Dr. Evan Ata Adaha was awarded the 2018 UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award.
- President Kiir appointed Malek Reuben Riak Rengu, a UN-sanctioned general, as deputy defence minister.
- Mahmood Mamdani in New York Times: “The Trouble with South Sudan’s New Peace Deal”.
Wednesday 26 September
- The SPLA and SPLA-IO accused each other for renewed violent clashes in Western Bahr el Ghazal and Unity states.
- President Kiir appointed Deng Dau Deng Malek as deputy foreign minister.
Thursday 27 September
- President Salva Kiir named the 10 members of the National Pre-Transitional Committee: Tut Kew Gatluak, Henry Odwuor, Gabriel Changson, Martin Elia Lomuro, Michael Makuei Lueth, Dhieu Mathok Diing, Awut Deng Achuil, Deng Alor Kuol, Puot Kang, and Peter Mayen Majongdit.
- Relief Web: “South Sudan: Force Protection Map as of October 2018”
Friday 28 September
- President Kiir ordered the immediately release of prisoners of war and detainees. While Nyagoah Pur, Human Rights Watch, argues that “Government Should Take [further] Steps to End Abuses” by releasing those held without charge and investigate all allegations of abuse and torture of detainees.
Sunday 30 September
- South Sudan’s foreign minister Nhial Deng Nhial did not acknowledge Western Sahara as an independent state in a meeting with the foreign minister of Morocco, Nasser Bourita.
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