By Mak Banguot Gok (Makjohnson), June 1, 2021 (SSNN) — The ideal implementation of R-ARCSS is what almost all South Sudanese are understanding to be an implementation by the warring parties in Juba. Faithful commitment to the agreement by those well-known schemers of ethnocentrisms hardly exists, even when citizens are hearing the mere pronouncements, and the half-done installation of R-TGoNU […]
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By Juol Nhomngek Gec Juba, South Sudan, May 06, 2021(SSNN) — Since the war broke out in 2013, South Sudanese citizens have never found peace inside and outside South Sudan. As human rights bodies such as Amnesty international, the UN High Commission for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch have been reporting, South Sudanese citizens are constantly subjected to arbitrarily […]
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To Gen. Oyay Deng Ajak Dear Comrade Gen. Oyay, By Taban Deng Gai, March 8, 2021(SSNN) — I am writing in response to your recent queries to update you that SPLM/IO in government is working to create a new political party. We have made some progress and I thought it wise to bring this to your attention. SPLM/IO in […]
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By Dr. Mehenou Amouzou, Jan 4, 2021(SSNN) — It is nearing impossibility to discuss and debate the true economic, political and social development of Africa as a whole on the basis the entire Africa the continent is divided and fragmented into several smaller states. Upon creation this division gave false hope and enabled some countries to see themselves as superior […]
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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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Opinion, By Roger Alfred Yoron Modi, Oct 11, 2020(SSNN) — This article is a continuation of the opinion article the author published days ago titled “Advice to South Sudan Peace Process via Sant’Egidio Community (Rome) mediation.” Like the first one, this article aims to help the ongoing peace talks between the government of South Sudan and the holdout opposition group […]
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By Marum Ruon Wicjoat, Oct 11, 2020(SSNN) — According to the outcome of the cabinet meeting last Friday, the government spokesperson and the information minister announced the decision by the Council of ministers and the governor of the central Bank to change the National Currency of South Sudan hinting the decision to curb the uncontrollable inflation and the inability of […]
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By Gong John, August 2, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan chief justice has been recently caught directing the judge to sentence the journalist who has the case with the minister of finance and economic planning. This happened in the muduria court after the Minister of Finance and economic planning sealed a deal with South Sudan chief justice to wrongly convict Zechariah […]
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By Gabriel Kuot Akok Dengdit August 2, 2020(SSNN) — On 30th July 2005, His Excellency the First Vice President of the Sudan TGoNU and the President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS), H.E. Dr. John Garang De Mabior died in a helicopter crash. As South Sudanese are commemorating their martyrs, I would love to seize this sad moment to […]
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By Philip Ayuen Dot July 28, 2020 (SSNN) – Climate change is a global problem that is wreaking havoc on all countries in one way or another. The rapid industrialization witnessed in the last two centuries has led to excess emission of carbon dioxide and other gases in volumes too large for the atmosphere to handle. This has led […]
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Kuek Deng Kuek July 27, 2020 (SSNN) – In a democracy, it is all always significant to make decisions out of divergent views and ideas like in other parts of the world. For instance, in the US there are many parties like Republican and Democratic parties – the two major political organizations. One party pushes for socio-economic philosophy and the […]
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By Kuek Deng Kuek, July 25, 2020 (SSNN) – It is crystal clear that legacy is what people worked for and it is an important thing that cannot be bought using money. Legacy in it layman definition, it is defined as the gift by God and by will and a bequest of an individual in the society. It is always […]
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By Peter Biar Ajak July 24, 2020 (SSNN) – I arrived safely in Washington Thursday after a harrowing journey from Nairobi, Kenya. I used to be pressured into hiding after receiving phrase a number of weeks in the past from senior authorities officers in South Sudan that President Salva Kiir had ordered the Nationwide Safety Service, led by Gen. Akol […]
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By Peter Adwok Nyaba July 24, 2020 (SSNN) – Reflecting on Prof. John Lonsdale’s statement of wisdom that “The Africans used to live together as negotiating ethnicities until the colonial rule turned them into competing tribes”, it will not be difficult to discern the vacuity and vanity behind decision to establish independent administrative areas (IAA) in Ruweng and Pibor in […]
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By Deng Gatpan Wang July 23, 2020 (SSNN) – On 22nd July 2020, the sole anti-government radio station known as Eye Radio, broadcast a fabricated audio report that implicates the current Director of South Sudan Customs Service in financial corruption and nepotism. The Eye Radio reporter broadcast the report inform of audio which he claims to have been recorded from […]
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By Dak Buoth July 23, 2020 (SSNN) – Socrates the Teacher of Plato who in turn was the Teacher of Aristotle once said and I quote ‘‘if you’re a good listener you will benefit even from those who talk badly.’’ Again, the residents of Panyijiar County are abandoned and left in the cold; they are now grinding their teeth and […]
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By Koang Chol July 22, 2020 (SSNN) – Throughout of human life, many changes evolved out of calamitous circumstances that brought up an incredible and unimaginable practice. Historically, it has been a pattern whether it was meaningful change or impractical change. Certainly, pandemics and wars are the leading cause of deaths for so many people across the world over the […]
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By Gatwech Kutei, July 22, 2020(SSNN) — Before rolling out my little understanding of the state of current affairs in South Sudan’s most difficult to rule state, I would like to grab this opportunity to congratulate the appointed governor of the country’s most fragile state Hon Denay Jok on winning the trust of some members of his coalition “South Sudan […]
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By Polit Gok Waar July 22, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Countries can change for better. But outsiders cannot fix stat failure. Insiders are largely as responsible for their recovery as for their decline, since it is local politics, customs and rules that overwhelmingly shape their choices and thus their destiny. South Sudan is, at first glance, such a Potemkin State, with […]
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By Beek Mabior July 20, 2020 (SSNN) – Female circumcision is satanic and I’m deeply dissatisfied and unhappy with this practice in our nation that fuel indignity and attack against women’s rights and freedoms in South Sudan and beyond. We all need to come together and eliminate this meaningless and disgraceful cultural practice in our country. A woman is a […]
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By Duop Chak Wuol July 20, 2020 (SSNN)— Born a fighter, revered for his presumptuous good behavior during the struggle, worked his way up to the then Southern Sudan anti-Khartoum armed group, and his accidental rise to the helm of the now ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party. The man in question is President Salva Kiir. This is an […]
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By Ayok Thon Akoon July 18, 2020 (SSNN) – Before I respond to the baseless articles, written by the disgruntled and desperate former speaker of defunct Gogrial State against the respected veteran Hon. Machok Jong, I would like to highlight in details what prompted me to pen this article in defense of Hon. Machokdit. I felt much concerned to see […]
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By Gen. Salva Mathok Gengdit July 18, 2020 (SSNN) – My personal congratulations goes to H.E President Salva Kiir Mayardit for the 9th anniversary of our independence. I also congratulate our comrades whom we made that day a real, particularly our martyrs, without them, we would have not made it. Congratulations! The predictions and events are always part of histories. […]
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By Amir Idris July 16, 2020 (SSNN) – Last week marked the 9th anniversary of the independence of South Sudan. Ideally, it is a moment for remembrance of past sacrifices and a celebration of present accomplishments. Unfortunately, the anniversary likely has only reminded the people of South Sudan of the sad state of affairs in their country. The wobbling peace agreement, […]
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By Chol Duang July 16, 2020 (SSNN) – Even after the formation of the so-called R-TGONU, violence continues to flare up everywhere, including in areas known to enjoy peace and good neighborliness. Hate speech has heightened unprecedentedly, as hatemongers inundate online space with highly inflammatory comments and fear traders exchanging threats, widening schism further. The self-appointed government in Juba has […]
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By Zechariah Makuach Maror July 16, 2020 (SSNN) – If we youth stop for a moment to think honestly, and finally asked the following questions. Do our leader/elders have enough time to devote to guiding young generation in the right direction? Am I wrong if I say that they themselves would have been victims of today’s competitive era if we […]
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By Longar Mathiec Wol July 13, 2020 (SSNN) – Ladies and gentlemen, let me take you briefly on state of oil revenue and ownership in our country. Based on evidences I found in brief research I carried out to find out how exactly is oil revenue being distributed between the oil operating companies and the government. Shockingly, the results were […]
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By Beek Mabior July 11, 2020 (SSNN) – Industrialization is a backbone for the national economy just like agriculture and I’d like to appeal to our government and citizenry to embrace this magnificent analysis and recommendation on how to make South Sudan an industrialize and technological state in Africa. We all know that industrialization, technology, and scientific discoveries are the […]
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By Nhial Gatkuoth Chung July 9, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudanese in 2011 overwhelmingly voted to have their independent state called the Republic of South Sudan, there were huge hopes that independence would bring peace and stability in the nascent country. Just two years after the independence flag was hoisted in the air, the liberators who fought for years in […]
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By Paul Ruot Bayoch July 9, 2020 (SSNN) – I am writing this poem on behave of all concern citizens who seem to be caring and the leaders who seem not to care about the suffering of thy fellow citizens and countrymen. South Sudan is bleeding And no one seems to care South Sudan is bleeding And no one seems […]
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By Agany Geng Ayiei Agany July 9, 2020 (SSNN) – On Wednesday, July 06, 2020, Pal Chol Nyan who calls himself a political analyst and a commentator published an article against Gen. Salva Mathok on Paanluel wel website following an article wrote by Gen. Salva Mathok on the Dawn newspaper on the same day. Dear Pal Chol Nyan, I would […]
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By is Kech Nguoth Tiem July 7, 2020 (SSNN) – The writer of this article was motivated to give out his views about the above subject due to ongoing wrestling between the leadership and some Community actors regarding the appointment of Gen Olony Thabo as the Governor of Upper Nile through SPLA IO ticket as agreed in the Revitalized Peace […]
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By Philip Ayuen Dot July 7, 2020 (SSNN) – As South Sudan tries to catch up with other nations on all developmental issues, the environment is one area that needs utmost focus. And while on this, goal number six of the sustainable developmental goals stating that all nations shall ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for […]
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