By Dr. Lam Akol, Nov 9, 2020(SSNN) – On the 3rd of November, the National Conference of the “National Dialogue” was opened in Juba amid a fanfare that it represented the voice of the people of South Sudan. “Our people have spoken” was a recurrent and repeated phrase by the organizers of the Conference in self-congratulation for a job well […]
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Dr. Ran Kuoth Chak, October 18, 2020(SSNN) – When we warned the people of Jonglei State in July that a naive youngman with forged education and zero leadership skills was sneaking his way into power through conman’s tactics many people failed to heed to our words although the evidence where crystal clear. Instead some people from Jonglei State went […]
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By Kang JJ, Oct 5, 2020(SSNN) — The UNMISS should fulfil their humanitarian mission in South Sudan by protecting the IDPs until there is a tangible success in the peace process that has become static unless IGAD and AU are allowing another genocide or something worse than the 2016 massacres, they should forbid. The assumption that the IDPs should feel […]
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By Dr. Ran Kuoth Chak Incompetency Part I, July 24, 2020(SSNN) — For the past fifteen years, incompetency has been one of the frequently cited factors in the failure of South Sudan and it has been predominantly so because president Salva Kiir neither attained accredited education nor was he directly involved in political administration of the SPLM. If anything, President […]
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By P Zimzim Desh, June 15, 2020(SSNN) — To give credit where it’s due, it is nonnegotiable that Professor Peter Adwok Nyaba is one of the most learned South Sudanese scholars. Dr. Adwok is a well known author of books, political journals and articles. Apart from his role in academia, Dr. Adwok is a well known public speaker and a […]
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Analysis, By The Stuff Writers, June 14, 2020(SSNN) — Notwithstanding that the recent appointments of the new army leadership violates the Revitalized Agreement of the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan, it is evidently clear that president Salva Kiir Mayardit is planning for war. Unlike the first war that was commanded by a Nuer, Gen. James Hoth Mai, and […]
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The Voiceless, June 6, 2020(SSNN) — To begin with, may these letters find you in good health and wealth. Hon. Angelina Teny, the Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs, we would be proud to introduce ourselves by names to you and your sympathizers but at this moment in time that does not matter because it is not us, the authors, […]
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By Justice Garang Sebit. June 3, 2020(SSNN) — Many South Sudanese, those outraged and observers alike, are still wondering if Col. Lual Marine, a nephew who is believed to be a biological son of President Salva Kiir Mayar, is actually dead. Lual is dead but his controversies are not dead. First, the question of who was Lual Marine and how […]
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Telar Deng 3rd. June 2020, Juba South Sudan, June 3, 2020(SSNN) — I met John Luk Jok in the mid 1970’s when he was working in Yirol as Range three Local government administrator and I was a student at Juba Commercial Senior Secondary School. We had a very good social and community relationship as John Luk Jok was fluent in […]
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One day you will be held accountable for every penny that has ever entered your pocket the wrong way. By Ajang Longar, May 13, 2020(SSNN) — The Republic of South Sudan was free from Corona virus until April 5th 2020 when she registered her first patient of Covid 19 who had travelled into the country on 28th Feb 2020 from […]
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By Dr Lam Akol May 12, 2020 (SSNN) – The signing of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) in September 2018 was received with jubilation by the war weary South Sudanese. They believed it was going to bring their suffering to an end. For five years they witnessed terrible horrors […]
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By Mabior Garang de Mabior May 12, 2020 (SSNN) – those questioning the status of the allocation of States should understand that the entire Agreement is in question, not just the issue of the States. The SPLM/SPLA (IO) – wittingly or unwittingly – went to Juba to implement the Agreement before the critical tasks related to the pre-transitional period had […]
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By Yanta Daniel Elisha May 11, 2020 (SSNN) – In the spirit of justice, love, peace, understanding, consideration, healing and reconciliation with individual, individuals, a group or groups in human societies, forgiveness and retribution have to prevail. After all, all humans have defects or weaknesses and therefore; circumstantially humans become offenders or offended and hence need to seek forgiveness and […]
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By Muslim Gore, May 10, 2020(SSNN) — If someone were to ask the average South Sudanese in any city, region or country about the Founding Fathers of South Sudan, the answer they would receive would be almost identical to one another in every single case. Why is that? Because the history has been buried by the current SPLM Party in […]
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By Dr. Remember Miamingi, May 9, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — According to a statement by the ‘Presidency’ of South Sudan issued on 7 May 2020, the Presidency resolved to allocate states amongst the Parties to the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS). However, minutes after the statement of the Presidency, the 1st Vice […]
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By Deng S. Elijah, May 5, 2020(SSNN) — This constructive analysis is meant to serve the best interest of Comrade James Gatdet Dak and many politicians in his position. In addition, it is written in the best interest of the SPLM/A in Opposition and that of the South Sudanese at large; however, the reasoning that is used in this article […]
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Analysis BY MABIOR GARANG. April 11, 2020(SSNN) — The success or failure of any Movement is determined by how it has achieved its objectives. The root cause of the current crisis in our country – and the outbreak of civil war – was the charge made by a group of SPLM Leaders, opposed to the new political dispensation which arose […]
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By Deng Elijah, May 30, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — Looking at the overall political landscape and how the main armed opposition, the Sudan People Liberation Movement in Opposition(SPLM-IO), has handled negotiations and foreign relations from the onset in December 2013 or from the days of establishment of the SPLM/A-IO in April 2014, it won’t be surprising if the SPLM-IO compromises one or […]
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A Response to Honorable Bor Gatwech, By Hon. Reath Muoch Tang, December 17, 2019(SSNN) — Hon. Bor, one thing you should remember is not only that you and I were in Juba together but more importantly we were hiding in the same Hotel room, fearing for our lives on December 15, 2013; however, when you saw a glimpse of an […]
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By Abraham Garang Bol, Nov 16, 2019(SSNN) — One of the daunting paralysis that is holding South Sudan hostage is the Bor Love For Power(BLFP) which is manifested in the idea of “Dinka born to rule”. The Dinka Bor, particularly the former Bor South county, is one of the root causes of the current conflict, simply because they want to […]
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By Deng Elijah. September 11, 2019(SSNN) — The tripartite summit, as it’s being archived today, is just the tip of an iceberg and as the saying goes “the evil lies in the details”, the real evil or the truth about this particular extension of the pre-transitional period and what could be achieved in one hundred days lies in the bearer […]
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Analysis; By Deng Elijah, Saturday, November 02, 2019(SSNN) — The recent statement by Dr. Riek Machar Teny, the designated First Vice President and the Chairman of the SPLM in Opposition, that “the SPLM/A(IO) do not want to be part of another shady deal”, which was based on a firsthand experience from 2015-16 peace agreement, has instigated unintended but expected uproars […]
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Opinion, By Dr. Gatluak Ter Thach October 30th 2019 (Nyamilepedia) – In 2000, the Organization of African Unity current called African Union (AU) adopted a Lomi Declaration, replacing its long-standing tolerance of military takeovers of powers with a rejection of coups. AU strengthened its position through a number of legal instruments, include Constitutive Act of 2000 and 2002 protocols established […]
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By Cde. Sirir Gabriel Yiei Rut, Oct 11th, 2019 (SSNN)- Nowadays, Media is the most powerful branch in any Country. It is a tool to maintain a balanced society which is characterized by well informed people, effective democracy and social justice. In fact, media has unparalleled influence on all aspects of human life in modern times. South Sudan like many […]
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By David Lewis Oct 9th, 2019 (SSNN) — a peace deal remains fragile as the November 12 deadline looms for the formation of a unity government. The Africa Oil and Power (AOP) Conference taking place in Cape Town this week is a high-powered event bringing together African governments and top executives of corporates across the energy value chain. The AOP […]
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Tycoon with Ties to US, UK, and UAE Has Received Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Suspect Contracts, Imported Weapons, and Formed Business with a Ruthless Warlord. Oct 8th, 2019 (SSNN) — An investigative report published today by The Sentry, “Al-Cardinal: South Sudan’s Original Oligarch” spotlights the business activities of Ashraf Seed Ahmed Hussein Ali, widely known as Al-Cardinal, a […]
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By: George Clooney and John Prendergast, Anecdotes abound of corrupt, war-torn African dictatorships. South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, is usually Exhibit A in those tales. But in the shadows of this narrative is another part of the story, usually untold. It is the story of transnational war profiteers who have come from all over the world to enrich themselves […]
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By Arlene J. Schar and Dr. David Leffler, June 10th, 2019(SSNN) — The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) chief and deputy head of the Transitional Military Council (TMC), Lieutenant-General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, previously warned that he will not tolerate “any chaos” in Sudan. Despite his organization ‘s strong-handed efforts, The Guardian reports that Sudan has indeed deteriorated into chaos, with […]
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By David Shearer, shared by at least one member of the TROIKA group of nations. June 9th, 2019(SSNN) — Its Special Envoy repeated what Shearer said during a closed meeting in March 2019. But drumming up for the R-ARCSS would prove to be a big mistake. The supporters could call it Plan A and the only option on the table, […]
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Analysis, By Duop Chak Wuol, May 19, 2019(SSNN) — In his Easter message, President Salva Kiir called on the leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO), Dr. Riek Machar, to go to Juba to form a transitional government. so that the two leaders could form a provisional government as stipulated in the September 2018 peace agreement. To be […]
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Analysis, By Lotole Lo Luri May 19th, 2019(SSNN) — A week or so has elapsed since we witnessed the dropping of two bombshells over the political sphere in South Sudan. First, the South Sudanese were baffled by the revelation that the government had hired an American private firm in a bid to block the establishment of the Hybrid Court of South […]
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Opinion, By Wesley Kosa, Monday May 13, 2019(SSNN) — On April, Pope Francis invited the South Sudanese parties for spiritual retreat, to narrow the gap between them as they get closer to the date line for the formation of the government of national unity. The gap which was to be narrowed is too wide to be narrowed most to the […]
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Attn: Open Letter to the Sudanese People, By Mabior Garang de Mabior, Greetings in the Name of Allah, the Beneficent and the Merciful! My Fellow Sudanese, May 10th, 2019(SSNN) — I would like to start by honoring the memory of all the men and women who sacrificed their precious lives to push the struggle forward in this generation. Your sacrifices […]
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