South Sudan President's Purge: Orchestrating Instability for an 'Election' that Serves Foreign Interests
📰 THE STORY: ABC News reports that South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has fired Interior Minister Angelina Teny, wife of First Vice President Riek Machar, along with the defense minister, a move they claim 'threatens' the country's fragile peace agreement ahead of planned elections. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The very creation of South Sudan in 2011 was largely driven by
external forces, specifically the United States and Israel, which saw an opportunity to carve out a Christian/animist state from the predominantly Muslim Sudan. This was a classic 'divide and conquer' strategy in a resource-rich region. The US invested significantly in the secession, with figures like Susan Rice and John Prendergast (who later co-founded the Enough Project, a powerful lobbying
group) campaigning heavily. President Salva Kiir, now presented as a sole actor, has long been a recipient of Western support and advice, particularly from the US. The 'peace agreement' itself is often a tool to manage internal conflict in a way that preserves external access to resources, primarily oil, and maintains regional leverage. Double Standard: When Western-backed 'allies' like Uganda's
Museveni or Rwanda's Kagame routinely consolidate power, jail opponents, or manipulate elections, mainstream media often downplays these actions or frames them as necessary for 'stability.' In South Sudan, any internal political maneuver, especially one challenging the delicate balance of a foreign-brokered agreement, is immediately branded as a 'threat to peace.' The implicit message is that