Wednesday 13 June

• Riek Machar accepted an invitation from the Ethiopian Prime Minister to meet with the South Sudanese president Salva Kiir in Addis Ababa next week. The Government of South Sudan (GoSS) demands that a non-IGAD country hosts the meeting.
• Atem Garang de Kuek resigned from his position as the SPLM Chief Whip in the National Legislative Assembly. Stephen Ajongo Akol was designated the position.
• Salva Kiir ordered the return of all properties that had earlier been confiscated from Muslim communities.
• Devex: “What South Sudan’s Increasingly Fragmented War Means for Aid Delivery”

Thursday 14 June

• The US urged Kenyan officials to seize assets of South Sudanese to help the investigation of corruption allegations. Kenya refuses to comply.

Saturday 16 June

• South Sudanese parties started a three-days Intensive Interlink Consultations meeting to discuss a revised bridging proposal under the mediation of IGAD.
• The Cabinet adopted a budget of $584 million for the 2018/2019 fiscal year, which is an increase of 75% from the previous period.
• At least 138 members of the National Salvation Front led by General Thomas Cirilo defected and re-joined the SPLMA-IO.
• The East African: “South Sudan’s Natural Resources Bear Brunt of Conflict”

Sunday 17 June

• The SPLM-IO accused the GoSS of attacks in Eastern Equatoria and in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal.

Tuesday 5 June

• A former information minister in Western Bahr el Ghazal, Omer Eshag Mohamed, announced his decision to join the opposition movement led by General Paul Malong.
• Foreign Policy: “Conflict in Abyei Could Reignite South Sudan’s Civil War”

Thursday 7 June

• The Government of South Sudan and the Government of Sudan agreed to repair and reopen oil infrastructure destroyed by conflict in the contested border area Heglig, in Unity State.
• The Vatican is set to open its first permanent embassy in South Sudan.
• A senior opposition general under the leadership of Riek Machar, Edward Aharanya, has joined President Salva Kiir’s faction.

Friday 8 June

• Ugandan President Yoweri Musevini met with members of the former detainees’ group, a meeting that reportedly focused on the reunification of the SPLM factions and matters of the ongoing peace process.
• Info Migrants: “Five things to know about South Sudan”

Saturday 9 June

• After his meeting with the Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, Riek Machar pledged to back efforts to restore peace and stability in South Sudan. Salva Kiir and Riek Machar is set to meet in Khartoum on the 17 June, in presence of the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who also holds the IGAD chair position.
• The SPLA and SPLM-IO accuse one another for starting violent clashes in Upper Nile and Central Equatoria.

Sunday 10 June

• President Salva Kiir appointed General John Maluth Akot as the director general of nationality, passports and immigration.

Monday 28 May

• The Kenyan opposition leader, and the country’s special envoy to South Sudan, Raila Odinga, met with President Salva Kiir to discuss ways of resolving the civil war. Odinga is also scheduled to travel to South Africa to meet the former first vice-president Riek Machar.
• The South Sudan United Front/Army (SSUF/A) has returned to Juba after signing a peace deal with the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) in Uganda.

Tuesday 29 May

• PRIO Global Fellow Dr. Luka Biong Deng in The African Executive: “Should President Salva Kiir Step Down?”

Thursday 31 May

• Opposition official Acuil Lual Acuil joined the SSUF/A led by General Paul Malong.
• Heavy clashes broke out between two army factions in Unity state. Médecins Sans Frontières said thousands of people were caught in the crossfire, and that health facilities were attacked.

Friday 1 June

• The UN Security Council adopted a resolution that threatens an arms embargo on the GoSS.
• TradeMark East Africa set aside $4 million to upgrade the infrastructure connecting Uganda and South Sudan through Nimule, in Eastern Equatoria.
• Relief Web: “South Sudan: Force Protection Map as of June 2018”

Saturday 2 June

• The SPLM captured the former commander of its fifth infantry division General Stephen Buay Rolnyang and moved him to Juba, where he faces investigation for rebellion against the state.

Sunday 3 June

• IGAD set 30 June as the deadline for talks between President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar.

Monday 21 May

• The Government of South Sudan (GoSS) considers a referendum on the configuration of states in the country.

Tuesday 22 May

• Members of the Former Political Detainees deny having withdrawn their membership of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance. This comes after the Addis Ababa peace talk where the group reportedly required separate representation from the opposition alliance.

Wednesday 23 May

• The AU will hold a meeting 30 May between Sudan and South Sudan on the disputed border area Abyei.
• GoSS proposed to IGAD the creation of a third vice president, with the stated aim of increasing the government size.

Thursday 24 May

• IGAD peace talks: IGAD proposed a power sharing proposal at the Addis Ababa talks, but the opposition factions rejected the proposal. IGAD calls on the parties to re-consider this.
• According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, over 20 000 South Sudanese have fled to Ethiopia since January.

Friday 25 May

• Nine South Sudan refugees were arrested in northwest Uganda, reportedly for rioting and damaging humanitarian agencies’ equipment over alleged delay of food ration supply.
• An unknown number of military officers of the SPLM-IO led by Riek Machar have shifted allegiance and joined the opposition group led by Costello Garang in the Northern Bahr el Ghazal region.
• Relief Web: “South Sudan – Emergency Livelihood Response Programme 2018”
• The Guardian: “A Safe Haven on the Nile: Life in South Sudan’s Old Fangak – in Pictures”.
• VIA News: “Leading rights groups reveal how a South Sudan oil company plays a key role in prolonging conflict”.

Sunday 27 May

• The US urges the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on six South Sudanese ministers and officials due to obstruction of peace efforts and blocking of humanitarian assistance.
• Over 700 civilians fled Soka village in Central Equatoria after clashes between armed groups in the area.

Monday 14 May

• SPLM accuses SSUF/A of carrying out attacks in Raja, Western Bahr el Ghazal, but the SSUF/A rejects these allegations.

Thursday 17 May

• The UN Security Council extends the mandate of UNISFA in Abyei for one year.
• The UN deploys 150 additional peacekeepers to the Unity area due to continuous clashes between SPLM and oppositions.
• Riek Machar has declined the decision of IGAD to move him to another country, restating his demand of free movement.

Friday 18 May

• At the Addis Ababa peace talks, IGAD warned that military atrocities and sabotaging of the peace process will be punished.
• South Sudan’s Former Political Detainees group pulled out of the opposition alliance and demanded separate representation at the peace talks in Addis Ababa. The mediation team of the peace talks accepted it.
• The nine aid workers that were abducted on Monday near Equatorian town, have now been freed, according to the US-based aid group World Vision.
• Radio Tamazuj: “South Sudan Talks: Summary of Outstanding Issues”
• Relief Web: “South Sudan: Physical Access Constraints Map as of 18 May 2018”

Saturday 19 May

• President Salva Kiir criticized police and law enforcement agents over the escalating insecurity.

Sunday 20 May

• More than 200 child soldiers were released from SPLM-IO and from the National Salvation Front, according to UNICEF.

Monday 7 May

• The SPLM-IO faction led by Taban Deng Gai announced that it has officially joined the country’s ruling party SPLM, under the overall leadership of President Salva Kiir.
• President Salva Kiir accepted that Riek Machar could come to Juba under the protection of the Regional Protection Force. President Kiir did not accept however that any SPLA IO soldiers could accompany him. Riek Machar rejected the offer.
• Relief Web: “South Sudan: Humanitarian Access Snapshot (April 2018)”

Wednesday 9 May

• The UN Security Council renews sanctions against South Sudan.
• SPLM-IO and the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) name their 5-member teams for consultations on peace in Addis Ababa.

Friday 11 May

• US President Donald Trump considers cutting US humanitarian aid to South Sudan. The GoSS says that this would encourage the opposition to resist regional efforts to end the civil war. Foreign observers believe that cutting aid will harm the country and the intended recipients.
• President Salva Kiir fired the Central Bank’s governor Othom Rago Ajak after he failed to rein in inflation. The President appointed Dier Tong Ngor to the position.
• The GoSS has decided to end subsidies on fuel and gas prices are expected to rise as a consequence.
• Petroleum minister Ezekiel Lol Gatkouth ensured the audience at Africa Oil and Power Investment in London that South Sudan’s oil facilities are secure and that investors should not be deterred.

Saturday 12 May

• President Kiir sacked the deputy defense minister Thoi Chany Reat. No replacement has been made yet.

Sunday 13 May

• Analysts suggest that Egypt’s improving ties with GoSS is part of a campaign to protect Nile water rights to pressure Khartoum and Addis Ababa over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
• Radio Tamazuj: “IGAD summary of government position during peace consultations”.

Monday 30 April

• South African telecom operator MTN will expand its operations in South Sudan. There is a rising demand for mobile services, conceivably linked to the expulsion of Vivacell.

Tuesday 1 May

• SPLM-IO has released the 10 aid workers abducted in Central Equatoria.
• A border dispute caused soldiers from the SPLA to halt a road construction survey taking place in Uganda’s northern district of Lamwo.
• South Sudan United Liberation Movement has merged with Paul Malong and his South Sudan United Front.

Wednesday 2 May

• The UN opposes that the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) move to election without a peace settlement.

Thursday 3 May

• President Kiir has appointed Gabriel Jok Riak as the new chief of staff for the SPLA.

Friday 4 May

• South Sudan and Uganda have established a working committee to settle ongoing tensions between border communities.
• Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni opposes call from former Ethiopian PM for President Kiir to quit, fearing he will leave a vacuum in the country.
• All Africa: “South Sudan: Denial of Humanitarian Aid is a War Tactic”

Saturday 5 May

• The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission proposes a stronger mandate for the regional protection force to ensure proper implementation of a future revised agreement.
• GoSS accuses SPLM-IO for attacking Pagak in Upper Nile.

Sunday 6 May

• A South Sudanese diplomat was shot and killed in Central African Republic (CAR) by men from the Central Office for the Suppression of Banditry (OCRB). The CAR President Faustin-Archange Touadera has officially apologized for the incident, which appeared to be a blunder by the OCRB men.
• IGAD has invited key representatives of each South Sudanese party for consultations related to the joint peace process, starting 17 May in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. GoSS, however, lashed out at former army chief Gen. Paul Malong for requesting to join the peace process.

Tuesday 24 April

• Nepalese UN peacekeeping troops are accused of child rape.

Wednesday 25 April

• The Government of South Sudan appointed the Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Martin Elia Lomuro, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, which opens questions concerning the status of the current Minister, Deng Alor.

Thursday 26 April

• An armed group in Central Equatoria abducted Ten South Sudanese aid workers.

Friday 27 April

• According to the UN, an increasing number of attacks on health facilities is worsening the humanitarian situation.

Saturday 28 April

• SPLM-IO claims that they have been shelled by government forces in Western Equatoria, the Joint Monitoring Evaluation Commission (JMEC) has asked the ceasefire body (CTSAMM) to investigate.
• SPLM-IO claims responsibility for Saturday attacks in Unity and in Jonglei.
• WFP: “South Sudan Situation Report #218, 28 April 2018”.

Sunday 29 April

• The Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailermarian Desalegn urges President Salva Kiir to resign. Kiir insists he will never resign.

Monday 16 April

• International Crisis Group: “Keeping the Hotline Open Between Sudan and South Sudan. ” (published 13 April)
• SPLM-IO claims to have seized Nhialdiu, Doau and Tharkan in Unity. The Government of South Sudan (GoSS) denies this.

Tuesday 17 April

• The GoSS has shut down the BBC relay station in Juba and Wau. Reportedly, this is due to unpaid debts.

Wednesday 18 April

• More than 200 child soldiers are freed in Yambio, Western Equatoria, at a “laying down of arms ceremony” organised by UNICEF.

Thursday 19 April

• IGAD has postponed this month’s South Sudan peace talks. The Minister for Cabinet Affairs, Martin Elia Lomuro, says that the Transitional Government of National Unity will have to renew its mandate if the next peace talks fail too.
• Reports tell of new clashes between SPLM and SPLM-IO in northern Jonglei, and in Liria outside Juba.

Friday 20 April

• SPLM’s military chief James Ajongo Mawut died in Egypt after a alleged “short illness”.
• The South Sudan United Front claim they have discovered a $5 million alleged plot to kill their leader, Paul Malong.
• ReliefWeb gives overview of South Sudanese refugees in Sudan: “UNHCR Sudan Population Dashboard: Refugees from South Sudan.”

Sunday 22 April

• The US embassy re-instates curfew after renewed clashes in Juba.
• SPLM-IO diplomat to Scandinavia, Daniel Wuor Joak, died on Friday, in Norway.

Monday 9 April

• Paul Malong Awan announced the formation of a new opposition movement called South Sudan United Front.

Tuesday 10 April

• Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ordered the release of political prisoners.
• The Government of South Sudan (GoSS) granted ex-army chief Paul Malong $5 million to pursue the country’s opposition leader Riek Machar during the fighting in July 2016.
• Programme director for John Dau Foundation, Morris Okwir, was reportedly arrested by the police in northern Uganda over illegal gun possession.
• In March, the UN Migration Agency and partners gave 60 400 people oral choral vaccination in Malakal and Wau. In the coming days, they will begin the second round of vaccination, aiming to reach a total of 140 000 people in Malakal and Wau.

Wednesday 11 April

• The Centre for Peace and Justice is calling on IGAD to include Paul Malong in peace talks. The GoSS disagrees.
• SPLM-IO admitted detaining aid workers in Central Equatoria, under the suspicion of them being government agents. The aid workers have now been released.
• In Unity State, the UN reports that two local humanitarian workers were killed.

Thursday 12 April

• IRIN News: “Ahead of Peace Talks, a Who’s Who in South Sudan’s Splintering Civil War”

Sunday 15 April

• Reports tell of clashes between SPLM and SPLM-IO near Bentiu. SPLM-IO accuses government forces of attacking their position.