The 60 day deadline to form a transitional government of national unity agreed to by President Salva Kiir and Opposition leader Riek Machar at the IGAD Heads of State summit on June 10 has expired. Little progress has been made on substantive issues due to an overwhelming lack of commitment on both sides to reaching a negotiated settlement. Vicious fighting, including the targeting of aid workers based on ethnicity, has continued, even as the parties discuss security arrangements in Addis.
On Wednesday, regional heads of state will meet once again for an extraordinary summit to discuss the dire situation in South Sudan and the looming threat of the worst man-made famine the world has seen in decades. On the heels of strong statements made at the U.S.-Africa Summit, the regional meeting may produce some movement on promised punitive measures against those that continue to undermine negotiations, which the Enough Project has been pushing for months. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn promised that the region would take "strong action" to end the human suffering in South Sudan.
While "sanctions-fatigue" has set in on Russia, Syria, CAR, and a host of other conflicts, the vulnerability of South Sudan's political elites to asset freezes and travel bans is perhaps unparalleled. Due to the But in order to make sanctions ...
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