‘Warlord politics’ guides peace in South Sudan

Author(s):
Braak, B.J.
Published
2020
Publication type
Blog entry

Abstract

As the violent civil war in South Sudan comes to a formal end, peace is made by power-sharing between political competitors. Crucial positions are not elected but distributed through a ‘warlord politics’, providing rewards to those who ‘went to the bush’ to fight the war. Bruno Braak describes this process with the example of a rebel commander-turned-governor in the country’s Western Equatoria State.

South SudanPoliticsConflictPeacePower sharingPatronageRule of LawTransitional JusticeCivil warCivil conflictFragile States.
Date issued
2020-09-07
Language
English
Publisher
The London School of Economics and Political Science
Is part of
Africa at LSE Blog
hdl
1887/138711
URL
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2020/09/07/warlord-politics-guides-peace-in-south-sudan/