South Sudan’s post-independence instability is often blamed on ethnic tensions. But exploitation by international companies and zero-sum competition over resources between local elites are the ...

We accompanied Rynne recently on a tour of a number of sites in South Sudan ... re seeing that the the maps drawn in colonial times are starting to erode and, and ethnic divisions are coming ...

Famine and ethnic cleansing stalk Sudan. Yet the gold trade is booming, enriching generals and propelling the fight.