The Holy See, Pope Francis Apostolic Palace, Vatican City Vatican City State, 00120 Your Holiness Father, Re: President Salva Kiir and Dr. Riek Machar unfit to lead peace in South Sudan April 15, 2019 (SSNA) — Appreciating the interest of Your Holy Father in the suffering of our people who immensely endured gross violations of…
By Lul Gatkuoth Gatluak April 15, 2019 (SSNA) — The news headline in the second week of April 2019, is dominated by a popular uprising in Sudan, which resulted into the downfall of Omar Hassan Al Bashir who came to power through the similar military coup in 1989. Sudan is recognized as an authoritarian or…
By Duop Chak Wuol April 12, 2019 (SSNA) — On April 11, 2019, Pope Francis did what I viewed as a rather astonishing move. His decision to kiss the feet of President Salva Kiir, SPLM-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar, current First Vice President Taban Deng, and Mama Rebecca Garang de Mabior was undeniably dramatic—in fact,…
By Duop Chak Wuol March 30, 2019 (SSNA) — There has been an ongoing debate about the possibility of reuniting the factions of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party. There are people who believe that the only way to resolve South Sudan’s civil war is through the reunification of the party. Other people…
By Deng Akok Muoradid March 20, 2019 (SSNA) — Juba University is one of the five universities of South Sudan. It was established in 1972 as a result of the Addis Ababa Peace Agreement between Gen Nimeri’s regime and Anya Anya One movement under the leadership of Joesph Lago. The University was later temporary transferred…
By Achuil A. Achuildit March 13, 2019 (SSNA) — The national ministry of finance and economic planning under the leadership of Salvatore Garang Mabiordit, is no longer serving the objectives for which it was established. Hon. Salvatore Garang Mabiordit has turned the public ministry into family financial transaction center for his relatives, friends, business associates,…
By Moses Nyara March 3, 2019 (SSNA) — Rights over land in South Sudan are never lost or abandoned so as to become res nullius. The idea that the land must belong to the government is not only a deliberate plan to extinguish seisin of the land in South Sudan but a threat to the…
By Duop Chak Wuol March 2, 2019 (SSNA) — Salva Kiir claims his government does not have the necessary financial means to finance the implementation of the September 2018 peace agreement and demands that the international community finance the process so that peace will prevail. It is no secret that the rationality of investing money…
By Deng Akok Muoradid Sub: Appeal for the withdrawal of registration certificate from Twic Mayardit Intellectual Forum March 2, 2019 (SSNA) — First and foremost, allow me to congratulate you and your entire administration on the strong relationship which you have built with the relief agencies in the country. I commended the initiatives which your…
By Deng Akok Muoradid February 26, 2019 (SSNA) — Twic Mayardit Intellectual Forum commonly abbreviated as TMIF is a sectional political organization established under the pretext of a non-governmental organization by a group of disgruntled, demoralized and disoriented youth from Twic Mayardit. The hopeless group of youth created the so-called TMIF last year after their…