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Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives
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The headline political event of the year was the August agreement between President Kiir and First Vice-President Machar that extended the 2018 peace agreement by two years until February 2025. It came after further divisions between the two main signatories to the 2018 peace agreement. The new agreement, praised by its signatories but widely criticised due to the continuing lack of political will to implement the original 2018 agreement, set out a new ‘road-map’ for the agreement, including elections rescheduled for late 2024, but was also a mark of how much of the original agreement has not been implemented. Later in August, after the violent split of a Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (splm-io) faction in Upper Nile, the delayed unification of national forces was officially commemorated in Juba. The UN Mission in South Sudan (unmiss) adapted to the new road-map amid questions concerning its future and challenging geopolitical trends in the aftermath of Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine. In terms of foreign affairs, border security was a leading theme in regional relations, including with Uganda and Ethiopia, and with Sudan over the contested region of Abyei. In the context of a tougher approach by the us, the most striking trend concerned Juba’s concerted efforts to enhance ties with Gulf states. In terms of socioeconomic developments, the new August road-map agreement was overlaid onto a combination of established challenges, notably conflicts in many parts of the country, prevailing insecurity, and economic dire straits. Drought and a fourth year of serious flooding compounded the suffering of the South Sudanese.