Region: South Sudan

A sole arbitrator is hearing a Lebanese-owned mobile operator’s US$3.5 billion ICC claim against South Sudan, it has emerged – but reports suggesting the claimants have won a billion-dollar award have been disputed.

24 January 2023

The conflict and famine that marked the approach to South Sudan’s independence in 2011 were not grounds for declaring a contract frustrated, a Nairobi-seated tribunal ruled in a decision last year that has only recently came to light.

19 July 2016