‘Warlord politics’ guides peace in South Sudan

Braak, B.J. (2020)

Blog entry

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 Sudan
• Politics
• Conflict
• Peace
• Power sharing
• Patronage
• Rule of Law
• Transitional Justice
• Civil war
• Civil conflict
• Fragile States.

• All authors: Braak, B.J.
• Date: 2020-09-07
• Title of host publication: Africa at LSE Blog
• Link: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2020/09/07/warlord-politics-guides-p...