By Jacob Aguer Ajang, Ph.D January 14, 2019 (SSNA) — First off, let me share my background with you. My name is Aguer Ajang Aguer, from Kongor County, Jonglei States, South Sudan. I have lived in the United States for 18 plus. I have been married to my beautiful wife, Elizabeth Abuk Ajang for over…
By Peter Reat Gatkuoth ABSTRACT January 3, 2019 (SSNA) — Following the commercial discovery of oil and gas resource in the country, Uganda has instituted a detailed policy, legal and institutional regime to direct the exploration, development and production of oil and gas resource. Research reveals that Uganda has incorporated the concept of punishment and…
By Tut Kuany Kok December 13, 2018 (SSNA) — Before the tragedy of the 15th of December 2013 happened, President Salva Kiir Mayardit have privately trained a tribal army as well as the village boys from Warrap and Aweil in which their base was in Luri for the surreptitious purpose nobody knows. The fact behind…
By Tito Gatkoi Kach Theng Yemen, December 11, 2018 (SSNA) — Like many South Sudanese, I grew up in armed conflict and I had to go to school in different countries. I started primary school in Khartoum, Sudan´s capital, but my education there was interrupted by displacement, so I completed my schooling in Ethiopia. Later…
By Kor Chop Leek December 4, 2018 (SSNA) — Recently, Duetsche Welle (DW), A Germany’s Public International Broadcaster also known as Voice of Germany (VOG) and USIAD posted on their websites pages a couple of weeks ago this month titled “oil production in South Sudan has poisoned the drinking water of some 600,000 people in…
By: Daniel Abushery Daniel, USA December 1, 2018 (SSNA) — It’s like that old saying, “Everybody’s talking about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it:” Public consultation is essential and healthy where there are a verity of communities with different ideologies and prejudice among its members, especially in a newly born nation like…
By Duop Chak Wuol November 30, 2018 (SSNA) — Known for operating with a vicious precision, his trademark is ruthlessness, and how he maneuvers his political rivals is irrefutably effective. Salva Kiir, the man in question, is a formidable tyrant with a bag full of cruel leadership practices. The Khartoum’s peace agreement is one of…
By Isaac K. Gang* November 22, 2018 (SSNA) — I woke this morning ready to enjoy a Thanksgivings dinner with family and give thanks to God for his many blessings particularly blessing the South Sudanese people with peace during a difficult time. As I reflected, however, I couldn’t help but think about the number of…
By Lul Gatkuoth Gatluak November 21, 2018 (SSNA) — Tribalism in South Sudan is a chronic and contagious infectious disease, which claim the most lives of South Sudanese people than any other causes of death. Reality shows that, the cure and civilized way forward of nation building is far from reach. The cycle will keep…
By Duop Chak Wuol October 30, 2018 (SSNA) — The anticipated peace celebration slated to take place on the 31st of October 2018 in Juba will be one of many things to monitor to see if South Sudanese rival leaders President Salva Kiir and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) leader Dr. Riek Machar…