Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Kiir and Machar: insights into South Sudan's strongmen

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par Carlo Koos, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Bergen

Salva Kiir and Riek Machar loom large over South Sudan’s recent history. And they will keep holding the future of the young nation in their hands to a large extent.

So who are they? And what are the roots of their rivalry?

Kiir is the 70-year-old president of South Sudan, a nation of 11 million. Machar, a year younger, is his on-and-off vice-president. The two men have been pivotal figures in negotiating and agreeing, disagreeing…

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