Former Canadian diplomat
Nicholas Coghlan served as Canada's first resident diplomat in Khartoum, Sudan (2000–2003). His experiences over that period are recounted in Far in the Waste Sudan (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2005). He was also the first resident Canadian ambassador in Juba, the capital of the newly independent South Sudan. Coghlan and his wife, Jenny, were awarded the Meritorious Service Cross for their role in the evacuation of Canadian citizens from Juba when civil war broke out in late 2013. His most recent book is Collapse of a Country: A Diplomat’s Memoir of South Sudan (McGill-Queen’s, 2017). He lives on Salt Spring Island, B.C.
Meanwhile, as the fighting continues, indications are that Canada may seek to play a more constructive role in helping to bring an end to the conflict.
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The first Canadian diplomat stationed in Sudan on why the coup in that country must not derail efforts to bring the former president to justice
South Sudan will celebrate ten years of independence this summer. It’s in bad shape and we’re partly to blame.
