South Sudan: US piles pressure over unity govt formation [Morning Call]

U.S recalled its ambassador to South Sudan back to Washington on Monday.

This is widely viewed as a signal of Washington’s displeasure over South Sudan’s failure to meet an extended deadline for forming a unity government – a critical component of a peace deal aimed at ending a bloody five-year civil war in the eight year-old nation.

War studies expert and deputy director of the ‘Enough Project’, Brian Adeba explains more about the current US-South Sudan relations.