13 June, 2024

New HSBA Situation Update on Tong Akeen Ngor’s Reign in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, South Sudan

Tong Akeen Ngor, the governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, South Sudan, has consolidated his grip on power by buying support, detaining members of the opposition, and ingratiating himself with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir. Tong Akeen, however, lacks popularity. The state has traditionally been an SPLM stronghold, and he is seen as an NCP interloper from the north.

Dominance without Legitimacy: Tong Akeen Ngor’s Reign in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State—a new Situation Update from the Small Arms Survey’s Human Security Baseline Assessment for Sudan and South Sudan (HSBA) project—examines how Tong Akeen has exploited the R-ARCSS to control Northern Bahr el Ghazal, allowing NCP-backed leaders to abuse the precarity of the economy and profit from the devastation of the Sudanese civil war.

Read: Dominance without Legitimacy: Tong Akeen Ngor’s Reign in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State

For more, check out:

Port Sudan: The Political Economy of a Potential Administrative Capital—a Situation Update that explores the fragile political landscape in and surrounding the city.
Nuba Hopes and Fears: Fuelling SPLA-North Mobilization in South Kordofan—a Situation Update that examines the clashes between the three main political stakeholders in South Kordofan, Sudan.
Pay Day Loans and Backroom Empires: South Sudan’s Political Economy since 2018—a Briefing Paper on the predatory nature of the political economy in South Sudan
The Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) project page
South Sudan outputs in our Resource Library

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