By Luka Kuol

By Godfrey Musila

Rule of Law in a Weak State

By Lauren Hutton

By Kuol Deim Kuol

By Remember Miamingi

Introduction

Decades of conflicts in South Sudan have eroded the separation of roles and mandates between the political class and security actors, leading to a deliberate and disastrous convergence. One of the results of this entanglement is that security agencies have become central to politics, as have politicians in military and security matters. As a result, the successful courting and building of patronage-based relationships with the security agencies are crucial to surviving and thriving as a politician in South Sudan.