S. Sudan fails to pull its weight in EAC amid missed deadlines
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir. His country hardly remits its contributions to the EAC yet its citizens and MPs have been accommodated in the EAC’s organs and institutions. PHOTO | SAMIR BOL | AFP
Six years since South Sudan was admitted to the East African Community, domestic problems, including weak institutions, have eaten into its will to integrate, leaving neighbours feeling the burden.
South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 but plunged into a civil war three years later. Today, even at relative peace, it has been constantly on the brink of war.
