By Peter Deng, March 6, 2021(SSNN) — It’s sunny and windy in South Sudan and street children’s lives is punctuated by the hot temperatures and the noise of cars above their heads. Children are really suffering in South Sudan; they spend day and night on the street. They polish shoes and wash cars for their daily survival. They spend their […]
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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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Opinion, By Ukongo Benson Athia February 4, 2020 (SSNN)—Every South Sudanese should be concerned about achieving peace in the Country after the destructive war of 2013. I am sending in my contribution to the negotiating parties and the parties to the conflict that, the priority now should be how peace could be regained back into the Country. Lives and property […]
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Open letter, January 30, 2020 (SSNN)—On behalf of myself and all the 99% South Sudanese who voted in 2011 for Separation from Sudan, and therefore effectively brought into life the present nation of South Sudan, Successor to the Southern Region of the Sudan which had got its independence from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1956, I welcome you with open arms. The […]
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Opinion, By James Gatdet Dak January 21st, 2020 (SSNN)—First of all, I hope that our able leaders (peace partners) shall politically resolve on the number and boundaries of states in the Republic of South Sudan. Or whoever is to arbitrate should do a successful and decisive arbitration within one to two weeks so that a transitional unity government is […]
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Opinion, By Gideon Mabor January 19th, 2020 (SSNN)—The Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan signed on 12 September 2018 is a political settlement negotiated by warring parties and South Sudanese stakeholders on behalf of the wider South Sudanese population. The agreement aimed to stop the political violence, and ensure a return to peaceful coexistence while […]
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Opinion, By Roger Alfred Yoron Modi January 14th, 2020 (SSNN)—Last week, Ijjo Bosco, a journalist working for a state-owned radio station in Torit (97.5 FM) was arrested and continues to be under detention. According to initial media reports, the journalist was arrested, after airing a story about the United States sanctions on First Vice President Taban Deng Gai for his […]
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Opinion, Part I: The Number and Boundaries of States: BY: Dr. Santino Ayuel Longar January 2nd, 2020 (SSNN)—Determining the number and boundaries of states is one of the stickiest Pre-Transitional issues under the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCISS, the Agreement). Unless this issue is given all the attention and seriousness it deserves, it […]
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Opinion, By Anthony Akaeze December 30th, 2019 (SSNN)—Since the outbreak of war in South Sudan, I have been intrigued by the country, and watching Kiir and Machar ever since, as they stomp about seemingly in search of peace that leads to nowhere, leave me wondering about the ways of man. That two individuals known to have brought such calamity upon […]
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Opinion, By Stephen Dhieu December 22nd, 2019 (SSNN)-This article was written right before the Uganda extension of the South Sudan’s Revitalized Peace Agreement’s Pre-Transitional Period by a hundred days. I have chosen to publicly publish it today because it was prophetic as are many of my articles that remain unpublished but for this I’m ready to face the enemies of […]
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Opinion, By Lujang John December 19th, 2019 (SSNN)-The long awaited Metropolitan Arch Bishop Paolino Lukudo Loro retirement happens at last with a very bad legacy after leaving power of attempted coup by chief Lucifer and few angels spearheaded by Commander Arch Angel Michael. The news of his Retirement was as silence jubilation from the marginalized catholic groups of the Arch […]
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Opinion, By Eng. Chuar Juet Jok Dec 9th, 2019 (SSNN)-December will never be the same again for the rest of our lifetime and neither in the lifetime of our children, its celebratory mode has been stolen and poisoned forever by the one we assumed once as our national government and army. On Dec 15th, 2013, a day when our lives […]
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Opinion, By Dr. Gatluak Ter Thach Dec 7th, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudan has a population of 12.58 million (2017). This population represents approximately 64 ethnic groups that speak different languages or dialects, as well as practice varied cultural activities. Most of the population in South Sudan lives in the rural counties, depending heavily on farms and other basic means to survive. […]
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Opinion, By Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth Dec 7th, 2019 (SSNN)-The history of creating regions and states in South Sudan dated back to the era of presidency of Jaafar Mohamed El-Nimeiri as the President of the Republic of Sudan from 1969 to 1985. General Jaafar El-Nimeiri responded to a campaign of calling for regionalism by southerners in Juba. Some political elites in […]
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Opinion, By Dak Buoth, The unexpected release of major General Stephen Buay was a victory that did not comes on a silver platter. Dec 1st, 2019 (SSNN)-As you have heard and seen over the past one and a half years, the push to release him was not a Walk in the Park. It is pleasing to hear that he was […]
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Opinion, By Nhial Gatkuoth Chung Accra-Ghana Nov 30th, 2019 (SSNN)-The country’s main opposition (SPLM/A IO) leader Dr. Riek Machar has been in confinement for the last two years and half on the orders of the government of South Sudan with the connivance of the US in pretext that the war that erupted in 2013 following SPLM political power […]
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Opinion, By Lul Gatkuoth Gatluak, an innocent refugee and a press secretary of Dr. Riek Machar who was extruded from his residence by Kenyan security unwillingly and deported to South Sudan in November 2016. Nov 25th, 2019 (SSNN)-This piece is the review of “My Painful Story” an autobiographical memoir written by James Gatdet Dak, a long time press […]
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Opinion, By: Peter Ayul Necding Nov 17th, 2019 (SSNN)-It is not a secret that South Sudan politics is full of paradoxes. In this context, it might not be an exaggeration to say that U.S policies in South Sudan could be counted among those paradoxes. As a matter of fact, it is very hard to find any substantial logic behind […]
Continue reading »Opinion, By: Clement Maring Samuel Nov 9th, 2019 (SSNN)-The extension of the pre-transitional period for 100 days effective from November 12, 2019, is a positive step towards building genuine peace in South Sudan. This will enable the warring parties to iron out the critical pending issues. It says a monitoring review report will be filed after 50 days. That means […]
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Opinion, The Global Fund Nov 4th, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudan is one of the most ‘challenging operating environments’ in the Global Fund portfolio. The Global Fund is a key development partner, providing 31% of HIV, 64% of TB and 39% of malaria funding across the 2018-2020 NFM2 period. Despite significant challenges in terms of political stability, economic dependence on oil and […]
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