# Explainer 502: The two-man rivalry fuelling South Sudan’s civil war

An episode of [The Foreign Desk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/786319916), 28 Jan 2026, 6:32.

Audio: https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e6127ab7-b81e-456b-893c-a8d600215365/7b9f282e-1b97-4d40-a38f-ab8a0123a4e7/8db0a02d-73da-4372-83bf-b3e000eb7110/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ed6a263e-d325-4e94-a10c-ab8a0123a4ec

This week, General Johnson Olony, deputy chief of the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces, ordered troops to “spare no one”. Andrew Mueller unpacks the two-man power struggle at the top and how it continues to fuel civil war. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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