Opinion, By Mabil Manyok Nhial, Gweru, Zimbabwe, Sunday, January 13, 2019 (SSNN) āĀ Doing many things at ago is doing nothing! Is it not true and correct that South Sudan is sadly addicted to perennial confusions?! Logic has it that it is wise to do one thing at a time in order that it bears fruits. As one of the participants […]
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Opinion, By Wol Deng Atak, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, January 11, 2019 (SSNN) ā-Ā Your Excellency, I hope this letter finds you well. While submitting this appeal to you, Mr. President, I am not in any way claiming superior abilities and wisdom than you might have acquired. But want to state that the entire country depends on you for a right decision […]
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January 11, 2019(SSNN) ā Utah freshman has already drawn comparisons to Ute great Delon Wright and is making an impression. On the bottom floor of Utahās basketball facility, where players spill into a massive lounge room at the conclusion of the first practice of 2019, the true freshman sits behind one of the many tables. His teammates mingle about, zipping […]
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Violent Kleptocracy Series: East & Central Africa
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Leer, South Sudan. Thursday Jan 10th, 2019(SSNN) ā The CTSAMVM Monitors in Leer conducted a one-day workshop in Leer on 8thĀ January 2019 In attendance were SPLA IO Battalion Commanders from Brigade 4, Religious Leaders, Youth, Women groups, Elders and members from the local community as well as Col James, the SPLA IO Spokesperson of Unity State Sector II. In his […]
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Thursday January 10, 2019(SSNN) ā On 10thĀ of January 2019, CTSAMVM Monitors in Wau State participated in a trust and confidence-building meeting held in Wau town, organized by the Wau State Authorities. According to CTSAMM,Ā the administration of Wau State was joined by SSPDF and a many civilians turned out to welcome SPLM/A-IO delegetion led by Maj. Gen. Abdulla Ujang. “Residents […]
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Thurs, Dec 27th, 2018(SSNN) ā Santino Deng Lou is an Education Supervisor from Aweil Town West Payam, in South Sudan. He has been working with theĀ Girl Education South Sudan (GESS)Ā project for some time and has seen first hand the critical role that this project has played in improving the status of young women and girls in the community. South Sudan […]
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Dec 6, 2018(SSNN) —- Thon Maker says his heart will always be in South Sudan but he is proud to play for Australia at the Olympics and World Cup. Maker, an athletic 216-centimetre-tall forward/centre for the Milwaukee Bucks, has described how there were attempts to coax him to play international basketball for Team USA and Canada. The 21-year-old rebuffed the […]
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Opinion, ByĀ Lam Padiet(Yien Tot), Perth, Central Metropolitan Region, Western Australia Dec 27th, 2018(Perth) ā Most of the horrible civil wars which broke out in the Africansā continent were caused by the authoritarian leadership style. Too many presidents in Africa have been using the directive leadership style in order to maintain their presidencies in the continent. They had completely distanced […]
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The Vatican City, Dec 24, 2018(SSNN) ā President of the Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference has expressed cautious optimism that the countryās latest peace agreement could signal the start of stability in South Sudan. Paul Samasumo ā Vatican City Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio and President of the Sudan Catholic Bishopsā Conference for Sudan […]
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Remarks by National Security Advisor Ambassador John R. Bolton on the The Trump Administrationās New Africa Strategy ByĀ Dr Lako Jada Kwajok, December 19, 2018(SSNN) — Ambassador John Bolton, the U.S National Security Advisor, delivered a speech on the 13th of December 2018 at the Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C outlining the Trump administration’s new Africa Strategy. He pointed out the fact […]
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The United States is sending a message that the behavior of these persons is unacceptable and contrary to the ongoing and significant U.S. efforts to assist the people of South Sudan and establish a lasting peaceful resolution to the current conflict WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, December 18, 2018 Today, the United States imposed sanctions on three individuals for their […]
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The world’s youngest nation is home to the largest refugee crisis in Africa. ByĀ Morgan Winsor, Dec 15, 2018(Nyamiledia) ā The world’s youngest nation on Saturday marked five years of vicious war in an ongoing conflict that is affecting millions of people, many of them children. South Sudan is home to the largest refugee crisis in Africa and the third largest […]
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As delivered on December 13, 2018 Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C. Dec 13, 2018(Washington, DC) —- Well, Kim, thanks very much, and thanks to you and Kay for inviting me here. Iām delighted again to be here at the Heritage, an institution that really has contributed so much to the public policy debate for many decades now in the United States. […]
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Rise in state-sanctioned executions condemned by Amnesty International as āoutdated and inhumanā By Karen McVeigh Dec 7th, 2018(SSNN) ā Children are among those being executed inĀ South Sudan, in an āextremely disturbingā escalation of the stateās use of the death penalty, according to Amnesty International. This year, seven people, including one child, were hanged, the highest number since the county gained […]
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Leaders Conversation on Federalism in South Sudan 3-4 December, 2018. Juba, Republic of South Sudan. By Hon. Oyet Nathaniel Pierino, H.E. Taban Deng Gai,First Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan; Amb. Prof. Bisswaro Joram, African Union Respresentative to South Sudan, Amb.Dr. Ismail Wais, IGAD Special Envoy for South Sudan, and the Mediator of the R-ARCSS; 4.Hon. Timothy Tot Chol, […]
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Nov 28th, 2018(SSNN) ā The reconstituted National Constitution and Amendment Committee (NCAC) has on Wednesday completed its deliberations on the incorporation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) into the Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan (TCRSS) 2011 (as amended). The Committee has been sitting in the South […]
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November 28th, 2018(SSNN) ā The Central American migrants who have arrived in Mexican towns along the southern border in recent weeks are part of a worldwide movement of peopleāfrom Africa to Asia to South Americaāwho are crossing borders to escape violence and poverty in search of shelter and asylum. Amid the developments on the U.S.-Mexico border, we take a look at some of […]
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Trauma caused by years of conflict remain largely untreated with lack of mental care in South Sudan. By Joi Lee & Viktorija Mickute Nov 26, 2018(Nyamilepedia) —- “We define trauma as a wound. It is when something shocking or abnormal happens in your life, and it overwhelms you and you don’t know how to respond,” says Thor Riek, a 32-year-old South Sudanese. […]
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By: Moses John; Philip Wilmot; Nicholas Zaremba, Nov 26, 2018(SSNN) ā Since the outbreak of civil war in December 2013, South Sudan has endured one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern times. Still, amid the constant threat of war-related violence and economic hardship, South Sudanese activists are managing to launch and sustain nonviolent movements to address the social, political, […]
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Civil Society Peace and Humanitarian Development Consortium (Civil Society Consortium) 25 November 2018 Dear Amb. Njoroge and Amb. Wais, Nov 26, 2018(SSNN) ā Your Excellencies, on behalf of the Civil Society Consortium operating in the Opposition controlled areas and on behalf of our members and colleagues in diaspora, members and colleagues in the internally displaced persons and refugee camps; we […]
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JUBA, South Sudan, Nov 25th, 2018 (SSNN) ā After coming face to face with “unpredictable” gun-waving children almost 25 years ago, the former commander of the failed U.N. peacekeeping mission during the Rwandan genocide dedicated his life to eliminating the use of children as weapons of war. In an interview with The Associated Press in civil war-torn South Sudan, Romeo […]
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Nov 23rd, 2018(SSNN) ā South Africa will invest 1 billion dollars in South Sudanās oil sector, including in the construction of a refinery capable of producing 60,000 barrels of oil per day. Jeff Radebe, the South African Minister of Energy and his South Sudanese counterpart Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, said on Friday. South Sudanās oil industry is dominated by Asian firms […]
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Every barrel produced is vital to Africa’s youngest nation wracked by civil war, as oil provides nearly all of its GDP. By Hiba Morgan 21 Nov 2018(SSNN) ā South Sudan has the third largest oil reserves in sub-Saharan Africa, but most of its oil facilities have been destroyed in the civil war that started in 2013 – two years after it seceded from Sudan. Some […]
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Nov 20, 2018(SSNN) ā In support of South Sudan peace implementation, a Kenyan Bus company puts South Sudan’s peace icon, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, as its front banner while ridding on the streets of Nairobi, Kenya. Drilling many passengers from South Sudanese population in Kenya, the bus has gone viral on social media for the last few days with many […]
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BYĀ DAVID ISABIRYE, Nov 18, 2018(SSNN) ā South Sudanās 2-0 home victory over Uganda at the Juba Stadium in the AFCON U-23 qualifiers is one result that will send shocking shivers across the African continent. The Ugandans had carried a slim 1-0 win from the first leg played a week ago in Kampala. Two second half goals from Peter Michael Taku […]
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