By Duop Chak Wuol April 19, 2018 (SSNA) — One of the main reasons the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) was formed was to maintain peace in the East African region. In its mission statement, the bloc claims that it is the premier alliance for preserving peace in the region. This is an attempt to…
By Duop Chak Wuol March 28, 2018 (SSNA) — In most organized societies, keeping someone in detainment who did not commit any crime is a criminal act punishable by law. However, in its 61st extra-ordinary session held on March 26, 2018 in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) released a communiqué…
By Duop Chak Wuol February 21, 2018 (SSNA) — Sometimes it is better to immerse yourself in other’s experiences to get an understanding of your own imagination. It is not rational to conclude that what you imagine is necessarily the case. However, it is logically valid that putting yourself in someone else’s shoes is a…
By Duop Chak Wuol February 8, 2018 (SSNA) — There are valid reasons to believe that the ongoing revival of the August 2015 power-sharing deal will not succeed. In early 2013, Presidents Salva Kiir and Yoweri Museveni took a blood-oath in Kampala to arrest or kill any potential South Sudanese who refused to succumb to…
By Duop Chak Wuol January 24, 2018 (SSNA) — There are those who believe that the main armed opposition, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO), under the leadership of former First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar, or any rebel group opposed to Juba’s regime should not be supplied with weapons and ammunition by any…
By Duop Chak Wuol January 13, 2018 (SSNA) — The Republic of South Sudan is being run by a man with a reputation for having a ruthless heart and tyrannical brain. Salva Kiir’s presidency, which promotes tribal divisions and glorifies the killing of South Sudanese, has committed atrocities that are serious enough to win him…
By Duop Chak Wuol December 31, 2017 (SSNA) — Countries are created in line with international treaties and norms, and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the deciding factor for any organized society that wants to become a nation. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) — the supposedly problem-solving East African regional bloc whose…
By Duop Chak Wuol August 20, 2017 (SSNA) — Waging an armed struggle against your own country is probably one of the toughest decisions a man could make. However, there are political, cultural, and social issues that might lead one to declare a war against a state, and this is exactly what the late Ethiopian…
By Duop Chak Wuol August 5, 2017 (SSNA) — The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) is indisputably the only political entity with a vision to transform South Sudan into a democratic society. The SPLM-IO is a party capable of liberating the people of South Sudan from a mafia-like policy that relies heavily on tribal…
By Duop Chak Wuol July 28, 2017 (SSNA) — The unlawful detention of South Sudanese rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar by South Africa is beyond the common sense of rationality. The South African government’s decision to accept an outside influence to keep Dr. Machar under house arrest is no different from the apartheid policy of…