By Elizabeth Ashamu and David Deng September 2, 2012 (SSNA) — When the Republic of South Sudan declared independence last July, it joined the ranks of a small handful of African countries that continue to carry out judicial executions. On August 21, two men were hanged to death in Juba Central Prison. A total of…
August 28, 2012 To: President Barack Obama Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice Special Assistant to the President Samantha Power. From: The Undersigned Genocide Scholars Subject: Humanitarian Catastrophe in South Kordofan and Blue Nile States of Sudan Dear President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton, Ambassador Rice and Special Assistant…
By Matthew Corrigan July 30, 20142 (SSNA) — In May 2012, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) flew thousands of South Sudanese to Juba. They were part of an estimated 12-15,000 returnees that have been stranded in Kosti, Sudan waiting to travel to the South. The move was brought to ahead when the authorities of…
By Samuel Totten July 27, 2012 (SSNA) — An untold number of people (certainly thousands and possibly tens of thousands) in the Nuba Mountains are suffering severe malnutrition and many have already begun to perish from starvation. Huddled in mountain caves and crevasses as they seek security from the ongoing bombings from Government of Sudan…
By Dr. Peter Wankomo QUOTE: "If the money is eaten by a few, all the rest will go hungry, and a hungry citizen is an angry citizen. This is as true in the Counties and States as it is in Juba. ..in order to fight this endemic disease in the courts we must have the…
By Samuel Totten June 28, 2012 (SSNA) — Three months ago, in late March, the Obama Administration was toying with the idea of supporting the establishment of a humanitarian corridor in order to transport food to hundreds of thousands of people in the Nuba Mountains who are now facing imminent starvation. Unfortunately, “toyed” is the…
By "Papa" Maury Clark April 28, 2012 (SSNA) — If Darfur is the current exemplar of "Mad Dog" Bashirs policy toward all who offend him, the Republic of South Sudan had best be prepared (again) for the long haul. Todays Associated Press headline- "Khartoum-backed rebels attack the south" merely extends Bashirs sanctioned use of the Janjaweed in Darfur…
By Deng Elijah April 16, 2012 (SSNA) — South Sudan just gained independent, and it’s still the youngest, the poorest and most vulnerable state. If South Sudan can’t adjust within the current socio-politico-economics constraints, if the international community can’t nurture a nine-month-old infant, if the fellow African Union can’t cope with South Sudanese trauma, If…
March 2, 2012 (SSNA) — In blatant contravention of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the Government of Sudan (GoS) has carried out a brutal assault for the past eight months against the people of the Nuba Mountains. Due to abject fear, an estimated 200,000 people have sought sanctuary in mountain caves where they are attempting…
By Maurice R. (Papa Maury) Clark February 23, 2012 (SSNA) — To a disaster weary world, the litany of death and destruction emanating from South Sudan becomes hard to bear. With so much of the western world being called to account for its own economic missteps, and political failures, the agonizing struggles of a remote…