By Duop Chak Wuol October 11, 2019 (SSNA) — In April 2018, Ethiopia’s prime minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali, took the oath of office and told the Ethiopian parliament in a speech that he intended to make peace with Eritrea. The speech was full of promises that were foreign in the minds of most African…
By Roger Alfred Yoron Modi October 9, 2019 (SSNA) — Last month, The Sentry Report <https://cdn.thesentry.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/TakingOfSouthSudan-Sept2019-TheSentry.pdf> released a report titled “The Taking of South Sudan- the Tycoons, Brokers, and Multinational Corporations Complicit in Hijacking the World’s Newest Nation.” The report argues that The Sentry’s investigation exposes an array of international actors who stand to profit…
By Duop Chak Wuol October 6, 2019 (SSNA) — Trusting Salva Kiir is like trusting a pathological liar who constantly beats his chest to prove that his lies are the embodiment of truth. I have harshly criticized Kiir’s policies in the media for years—my articles in the media can attest to my claim. There are…
By Isaac Kiir Geka October 5, 2019 (SSNA) — With all the due respect to some truth Hon. Kim touched in his remark, I think Hon. Kim was making a political statement and not addressing the issue he supposed to address as a member of the EAC Parliament representing South Sudan. The reasons for my…
By Thokhat Khor Wiw October 4, 2019 (SSNA) — The new defectors claimed that five subsections of Gajaak United themselves against one, that was part of the reason they decided to join Salva Kiir who is the enemy to Gajaak. Yet, without any shame, they handpicked a few individuals who live in Gambella from the…
By Kor Chop Leek September 4, 2019 (SSNA) — Summary: For two decades, and with the acquiescence of the government of South Sudan, Petronas of Malaysia, China National Petroleum and ONGC Videsh of India have been spewing poisons into South Sudan’s ecosystems – with corresponding and devastating results to communities and their residents’ lives. Defying…
By Kuir ë Garang June 20, 2019 (SSNA) — This article addresses some issues in Dr. Nyaba’s article, Letting the Cat out: Jieng Dinka Attempt to Impose Hegemony and Domination in South Sudan!! [SSN, June 03, 2019]. Note that this is not a rebuttal to the central idea of the article but a reminder about…
By Roger Alfred Yoron Modi June 2, 2019 (SSNA) — In March 2011, Bari Community BC issued their position rejecting to offer land to the South (thern) Sudan government to build a national capital in or around Juba. Gen. Alfred Lado Gore, who was the chair of BC at the time, officially submitted the document…
By Deng Akok Muoradid May 25, 2019 (SSNA) — On 22nd May 2019, a certain disoriented and disgruntled technical advisor in Latjor State Mr. Riek Yak Guandong wrote an imprecise and disgusting open letter to the First Vice President H.E Taban Deng Gai, accusing Amb. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth of ruining the SPLM IO in Juba…
By Duop Chak Wuol May 18, 2019 (SSNA) — In his Easter message, President Salva Kiir called on the leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO), Dr. Riek Machar, to go to Juba to form a transitional government. so that the two leaders could form a provisional government as stipulated in the September…