By Peter Reat Gatkuoth “Peace does not mean the total absence of any conflict. It means the absence of violence in all forms. Peace exists where people are interacting non-violently and are managing their conflict positively.” Abstract February 20, 2020 (SSNA) — The violent conflict that began in December 2013 until 2016 is the gravest…
By Duop Chak Wuol February 15, 2020 (SSNA) — In October 2015, President Salva Kiir issued a decree, expanding the original ten states to 28. In January 2017, Kiir issued another presidential order creating an additional four states, making the young nation a mother of 32 states. The move was met with mixed reactions from…
By Peter Reat Gatkuoth Abstract January 6, 2020 (SSNA) — “Environment is one of the facets of life that requires utmost attention. The relationship between man (human being) and the environment is one that is reciprocal in a sense that man cannot live without the environment and the environment needs a man to adhere to…
By Peter Reat Gatkuoth ABSTRACT December 6, 2019 (SSNA) — The complexity of international arbitration and the growing increase in the rate of multi-party proceedings has led to mass claims and cost constraints followed by demands for a speedy resolution of disputes by the Parties to arbitrarily proceedings. To remedy the situation, arbitrarily institutions have…
By Roger Alfred Yoron Modi November 24, 2019 (SSNA) — While emphasizing the need to work on a roadmap and implementation plan to ensure the timely completion of pending pre-transitional tasks of the R-ARCSS, the IGAD Council of Ministers in its Communiqué of 10th November 2019 instructed the IGAD Special Envoy for South Sudan in…
By Roger Alfred Yoron Modi November 4, 2019 (SSNA) — The reconstituted National Constitutional Amendment Committee (NCAC) established under the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) should be transparent to the public in their activities. The Agreement says the reconstituted NCAC shall complete the tasks necessary to prepare for…
By Peter Gai Manyuon October 29, 2019 (SSNA) — Many critics have criticized the 2018 peace agreement due to numerous factors that are foreseen ahead of the implementation process by the parties to the agreement. So far, many are identified as causes for the conflict in South Sudan, ranging from ethnic tensions, mismanagement of resources…
By Duop Chak Wuol October 26, 2019 (SSNA) — It is documented that history and publicly available researched data show that dictators who continuously ruled oppressively are cowards. This cowardice act is usually fueled by intense paranoia, anti-social behavior, incoherent thinking, sadistic mentality, among others. This class of rulers is power-hungry and tends to wet…
By Duop Chak Wuol October 20, 2019 (SSNA) — When Salva Kiir premeditated the civil war in the pretext of a bogus coup, he did not call for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to endorse his plan. What he did was to run to Uganda and asked his regional ally, Yoweri Museveni, who has…
By James Okuk, PhD October 20, 2019 (SSNA) — The coming of the members of UN Security Council to Juba with arrival of Dr Riek Machar and Dr Lam Akol to engage in high-level meetings on evaluation of the status of pre-transitional period as provided in the 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the…