This paper examines the role of NGOs in rebuilding socio-political order in South Sudan. It describes the socio-political determinants of the last ten years which will throw some light on the political stage in South Sudan and might contribute to the main question of who really has the political power and influence in South Sudan today.

Volker Riehl holds a PhD in Sociology from Münster, Germany. Between 1998 and 2000 he was teaching at Makerere University in Uganda. From 1993 until 2000 he was the representative of a German NGO in charge of Uganda and South Sudan.