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  • Affairs
  • London
  • Episode 502
  • 28 Jan 2026
  • 6 min

Explainer 502: The two-man rivalry fuelling South Sudan’s civil war

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  • The Foreign Desk
  • Affairs
  • London
  • Episode 502
  • 6 min

This week, General Johnson Olony, deputy chief of the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces, ordered troops to “spare no one”. Andrew Mueller unpacks the two-man power struggle at the top and how it continues to fuel civil war.

Host
  • Andrew Mueller
Contributor
  • Lily Austin

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