South Sudan:The Crisis of Infancy

In this second edition of South Sudan: The Crisis of Infancy Peter Adwok Nyaba has incorporated the dynamics of socio-political developments in South Sudan since 2015 including an incisive and informative account of the recent “coup attempt” and its aftermath. Fired with passionate preoccupation to decipher the direction in which South Sudan is headed, the author harnesses his critical alertness to the political undercurrents in the country to explain from his own point of view what has happened and what did not happen in the country as South Sudan swings between peace and conflict. The underlying message of this publication is that the social, economic and political crisis in South Sudan and its people is self-afflicted.

The people of South Sudan desire justice, freedom democracy, peace and prosperity.For this to be achieved, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM)/Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) which championed the course of freedom for South Sudan for so long must transform itself into an organization which respects democratic principles in and out of government and within its own structures. Its leaders must prove that they are capable of living up to the highest expectations, not only of the South Sudanese but all Africans; it is necessary for democracy to permeate through all its existential processes. Anybody who wishes to understand South Sudan today is strongly advised to pay attention to this revised second edition of South Sudan: The Crisis of Infancy and its contents.

About The Author
The author is South Sudanese. Dr. Nyaba studied Geology in the University of Khartoum, and the Eotvos Loránd Technical University in Budapest, Hungary where he was awarded PhD by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Worked briefly as a field geologist in the Red Sea Hills, Eastern Sudan. Taught in Juba and Asmara Universities. A Trade Unionist and a Combatant in the SPLM/A. Was member of the SPLM National Liberation Council and Secretary for Mining and Industry in its National Executive Council. Represented Upper Nile State in the Council of States in the National Legislature following the consummation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005, becoming the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the Government of National Unity until July 2011. When South Sudan became an independent and sovereign state was appoint Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology. He is author of the Noma Award (1998) winning title The Politics of Liberation in South Sudan: An Insider’s View, Fountain Publishers, Kampala (1997).