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…
By Deng Akok Muoradid October 27, 2018 (SSNA) — We live in a country where our young ladies who have recently attained the age of puberty cannot afford sanitary pads but our men and women in public offices have iPods which they do not even know how to use” Patrice Lumumba. In his response to…
By Deng Akok Muoradid October 22, 2018 (SSNA) — Nile Petroleum Corporation Company Limited commonly known as NILEPET is a sole government petroleum company entrusted with the importation of fuel and its distribution to the public petrol stations as well as the guiding the operations and activities of the private oil companies that are operating…
Deng Akok Muoradid October 15, 2018 (SSNA) — On behalf of my fellow youth and on my own behalf, I would like to strongly condemn the inhumane, cowardice and pathetic act by the armed criminals to set ablaze the house of Gogrial State governor Hon. Victor Atem Atem in Mayom Chol Payam, Ajoko County on…
By Paul Tethloach Dak September 15, 2018 (SSNA) — Once upon a time was a man called ‘Chuol, the Impotent’ who was blessed with so much wealth whom he had acquired from the collection of dowries/cows of his sisters being married at a time? This man was super rich, unfortunately, Chuol was missing one thing…
By Duop Chak Wuol September 14, 2018 (SSNA) — Throughout the South Sudanese peace process, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) has been faced with serious political issues. These issues make it nearly impossible for the armed opposition to come up with a counterproposal that could force the government to accept a genuine peace….
By Peter Reat Gatkuoth Abstract September 14, 2018 (SSNA) — Domestic courts are clothed with jurisdiction to order and issue interim measures/remedies during arbitral proceedings in order to archive the ends of justice and prevent abuse of court process. Such measures include order of security for costs, taking evidences and anti-suit injunctions. The author seeks…