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EDITORIAL: Once again, fear and hope in South Sudan

A man carries the South Sudan flag at Magateen Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) centre during the visit of the country's vice president in Juba on November 17, 2018. PHOTO | AKUOT CHOL | AFP

By  The EastAfrican

For the second time in five years, stakeholders in South Sudan are watching the calendar with a mixture of hope and fear.

Hope because for the first time in more than two years, Dr Riek Machar, the leader of the opposition Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition, SPLM-IO, is to return to Juba next month.

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