South Sudan a big military spender: International study

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has released a study on world military expenditure. There are revelations on South Sudan. The country spends big on the military as it registered the second highest percentage increase in military spending globally in 2023. The country is in a precarious position as it deals with its own sporadic intercommunal conflicts and the civil war in the neighboring Sudan is lending pressure on its neighbours that have to contend with spillovers of instability. The borders have become frontiers of military activity, and consequentially, countries like South Sudan, sharing large tracts of borderlines with Sudan are prompted to increase military presence. In this interview, senior researcher at the institute, Dr. Nan Tian tells Radio Miraya's Magdoline Joseph Kwajok that that "there is a very strong linkage between conflict, insecurity and military spending."