By Dr. Lam Akol, Feb 23, 2021(SSNN) — The International Crisis Group (ICG) issued its Africa Repot No.300 on 10 February 2021. The report attempts to address the current crisis South Sudan is wallowing in and offers possible ways out of the political cul-de-sac it is inexorably heading towards with attendant insecurity. The basic premises of the paper are that […]
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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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May 20, 2020(SSNN) — For the last few days, a few fake tweets, attributed to Dr. Lam Akol and Hon. Michael Makuei Lueth, have gone viral on Facebook, WhatsaApp and Twitter, forcing Dr. Lam to go on twitter, leaving his alleged counterpart in the dark, to clear the air. The fake tweets, which some are dated to as far as […]
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April 12, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s National Democratic Movement (NDM) led by Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin is awaiting a response from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on a complaint it raised over the allocation of parliamentary seats within the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA). Based on the revitalized peace deal, the alliance which comprise of the NDM and […]
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Opinion, By Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin January 2nd, 2019 (SSNN)—On the 31st of December 2019, Dr Santino Ayuel Longar published an article on the issue of the number and boundaries of the States in South Sudan. From his academic titles displayed in the article there can be no doubt that the author is a lawyer by training. The article dealt […]
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