Open letter to President Kiir: I am willing to serve as Governor of Unity State

Dak Buoth and other members of CONGRESS OF SOUTH SUDAN PATRIOTS FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION(Source: Nyamilepedia)

By Dak Buoth Riek-Gaak, June5, 2020 (SSNN) — I derived this thought from the conversation I had with someone in the dream on 31st May 2020. We met and he told me I would have been appointed as a governor if I had expressed my interest to the President. I asked him when were the state Governors appointed? He replied […]

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Opinion: President Kiir and Riek Machar should name Caretakers as they Battle to recover from Corona virus

South Sudan President, Salva Kiir, and his First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, addressing the media in the capital, Juba(Photo credit: SSPPU)

By Dak Buoth Riek-Gaak, May 21, 2020(SSNN) — The South Sudanese citizenry became extremely nervous and worried on learning that nearly all members of the High Level Task Force (HLTF) contracted the covid-19 disease. This committee was formed and chaired by none other than President Kiir, and deputized by his immediate deputy, 1st vice President, Dr Riek Machar. Going by […]

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Opinion: Greed will defeat the purposes of Peace in South Sudan

Former Vice-president and Chairman of the SPLM-IO, Dr. Riek Machar Teny and South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit (Photo:Supplied)

By Dak Buoth Riek-Gaak, May 13th, 2020(SSNN) — I join the progressive and patriotic South Sudanese individuals, political and non-political organizations, vehemently denouncing the unreasonable delay and blatant violation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCISS). This agreement is now facing threats from the rogue stakeholders for no unjustified reasons. This Peace deal […]

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Opinion: Replacement of Johannes Kujiek Ruot as Panyijiar Commissioner will be treated as a coup

Panyijiar county commissioner, Yohannes Kujiek Ruot Loge waving to the crowd on top of vehicle in Ganyliel Town in 2019(Photo credit: supplied by author)

By Dak Buoth, 12th April, 2020(SSNN) — I am bona fide member of Panyijiar County in Unity State; I hail from Kol constituency that hosted Panyijiar county headquarters. I was residing in Nyandong village where my placenta was buried before moving to Nyal municipality. So I am speaking with authority as a son of the soil. Politically speaking, I penned […]

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OPINION: Angelina Teny’s appointment as Defence Minister is good and bad for South Sudan

Hon. Angelina Teny after taking oath of office as the new defense minister in the capital, Juba(Photo credit: supplied)

By Dak Buoth, March 20, 2020(SSNN) — The appointment of madam Angelina Jany Teny as South Sudan Defence and Veterans’ Affairs Minister had caused legitimate discomforts and comforts among the members, supporters and sympathizers of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement- in -Opposition (SPLM-IO) led by the First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar. The former is the first wife to the […]

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Moses Ruai laat Is Conducting Liech Community Meetings Without My Knowledge

MOSES RUAI LAAT (middle) with other Liech Youth holding hands after a meeting in Nairobi on 22nd January 2020 (Photo credit: supplied)

Opinion, By Dak Buoth Jan 26, 2020(SSNN) — The Liech community Association in Kenya formerly known as Unity State community Association was established as nonprofit and political organization ahead of the Southern Sudan Referendum that brought our independent to fruition on 9th July, 2011. Whether at home or in the diaspora Liech community is often made up of following original […]

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Liech Community in Kenya lauds Kiir and Machar for extending Pre-transitional Period by 100 days

    Nov 9th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Liech community in Kenya has welcomed and commended the extension of the Pre-transitional Period by 100 days by South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit and Chairman and Commander-in-Chief Dr. Riek Machar Teny on November 7th, in Entebbe, Uganda. “The Liech community Association in Kenya hereby express her special commendation to South Sudan President GEN. […]

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