Public pressure on Kiir to quit yields no fruit

South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar and President Salva Kirr.

South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir. FILE PHOTO | AFP

By  Fred Oluoch

Contributor in Nairobi, Kenya

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • According to Nyagoah Pur, a South Sudan Researcher at Human Rights Watch, this civil society call comes at a time when the government has taken a hardline stance.

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