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Uganda’s Final Investment Decision: Implications for South Sudan Investors

February 27, 2022Articles, Opinionsouthsudannews

By Peter Reat Gatkuoth Abstract February 27, 2022 (SSNA) — Announcement of FID is a significant milestone for the country, but also comes with a very big responsibility on the work of all stakeholders involved in the management and development of the country’s oil and gas sector. The FID announcement now unlocks the biggest opportunities…

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Analyzing the struggle over the Nile River: The need for a new legal flexible agreement

April 25, 2021Articles, Opinionsouthsudannews

By Peter Reat Gatkuoth Abstract April 25, 2021 (SSNA) — The effective and efficient management of water is one of the major problems in Nile Basin territories, not just for economic growth and development in the Nile River basin, but also for the peaceful coexistence of the millions of people who live in the region….

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Review of South Sudan’s Local Content Policy and its Utilization by Different Industrial Sectors to Promote Economic Development

October 27, 2020Articles, Opinionsouthsudannews

By Peter Reat Gatkuoth Abstract October 27. 2020 (SSNA) — Too many resource-rich countries remain challenged by undiversified economic structures with weak industrial bases, high unemployment, and economic vulnerability to commodity cycles. Many of them are reviewing or revising mining and investment codes and contracts; looking to local content policies to help exploit mining’s powerful…

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Salva Kiir’s assault on political reforms

July 19, 2020Analyses, Articles, Opinion, South Sudansouthsudannews

By Duop Chak Wuol July 19, 2020 (SSNA) — Born a fighter, revered for his presumptuous good behavior during the struggle, worked his way up to the then Southern Sudan anti-Khartoum armed group, and his accidental rise to the helm of the now ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party. The man in question is…

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How South Sudan economic outlook will look like if current political turmoil remains unresolved

July 17, 2020Articles, Opinionsouthsudannews

What Might be the Potential or Possible Drive for South Sudan Economy and Administration to a Failure and Collapse? By Gatwech Gach Gatwech “On this matter, South Sudan has already been categorized as a fragile state and eventually to a total failed state as a result of a current conflict among others by Bank Groups”….

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Salva Kiir uses fearmongering to impede Johnson Olony appointment

July 5, 2020Analyses, Articles, Opinion, South Sudansouthsudannews

By Duop Chak Wuol July 5, 2020 (SSNA) — President Salva Kiir through his press office recently claimed that he is against the appointment of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) General Johnson Olony who is the nominee for Upper Nile State governorship. He alleged that the SPLA-IO General is anti-peace and that General…

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Nine-day Revolution: The Meteoric Rise and Fall of Kerbino Wol and the 7th October Revolution

June 26, 2020Articles, Opinionsouthsudannews

By Martin Garang Aher June 26, 2020 (SSNA) — Revolutions generally aim to restructure society either partially or completely. Whether they would be short-lived or go on for a longer period depend entirely on their composing doctrines and on the reception by the general public upon which the revolutionary benefits befall. Revolutions, in the actual…

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Letter to the government of the Republic of South Sudan

May 6, 2020Articles, Opinionsouthsudannews

May 6, 2020 (SSNA) — On behalf of the people of South Sudan, we wish to express concern that leaders in the States and Administrative Areas urgently need to be assigned. The open-armed conflict between major armed groups has been virtually eliminated in South Sudan.  For that, the people praise and thank you.  Unfortunately, because…

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What are the roles of civil society in building democracy?

May 1, 2020Articles, Opinionsouthsudannews

By: Bol Khan Introduction May 1, 2020 (SSNA) — Whys is DEMOCRACY not growing in most developing countries? In our view, Democracy is not growing in developing countries because of the following: 1) Majority of the leaders who have been in power are too undemocratic; 2) The politics play therein is always more of personalities…

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The signs are clear on the wall, the spoilers of peace are submerging the R-TGONU deep into ocean for the second time

April 18, 2020Articles, Opinionsouthsudannews

By Nhial Gatkuoth Chung, Accra, Ghana April 18, 2020 (SSNA) — “We will fight Kiir’s government to the last man and get rid of his rotten system and his circles by all means possible”, now the same political and military leaders who said those powerful words years ago are now crawling back to the same…

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Health minister, Coronavirus, and English language fluency nonsense

March 27, 2020Analyses, Articles, Opinion, South Sudansouthsudannews

By Duop Chak Wuol March 27, 2020 (SSNA) — In recent days, the newly appointed minister of health Elizabeth Achuei Yol has come under intense criticism from many South Sudanese, most of whom mocked the minister on social media platforms. The minister was condemned because she incorrectly pronounced the COVID-19 or Coronavirus at a news…

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Will the revitalized government of national unity deliver the promise of the 2018 agreement?

March 25, 2020Articles, Opinionsouthsudannews

By: Nhial Gatkuoth Chung, Accra, Ghana March 25, 2020 (SSNA) — The formation of the Revitalised transitional government of national unity on 12th March 2020 is another positive step toward the realisation of permanent tranquility in South Sudan though it was partly celebrated due to the fact that the betrayal attitudes of the South Sudanese…

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The Defection of General James Koang Chuol Ranley: What went wrong?

March 21, 2020Analyses, Articles, Opinion, South Sudansouthsudannews

By Duop Chak Wuol March 21, 2020 (SSNA) — The 17th of March 2020 defection of a Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) high-ranking military officer Lieutenant General James Koang Chuol Ranley—a former armed opposition deputy chief of General Staff for Administration and Finance and former co-chair of Joint Defense Board (JDB) has raised many…

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The analysis of Chapter Five of the Revitalized Agreement on Conflict Resolution in South Sudan (R-ARCISS)

March 17, 2020Articles, Opinion, South Sudansouthsudannews

By Peter Reat Gatkuoth Abstract March 17, 2020 (SSNA) — A key element in resolving the brutal civil conflict, which has cost about 400, 000 lives and displaced more than 4 million people since its beginning in December 2013, is the signing of the Revitalized Agreement on conflict resolution in South Sudan (R-ARCSS), which was…

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Is SPLM-IO a family business?

March 13, 2020Analyses, Articles, Opinion, South Sudansouthsudannews

By Duop Chak Wuol March 13, 2020 (SSNA) — The recent appointments of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) national ministers and deputy ministers have been widely welcome in South Sudan and around the world. However, there are some people who believe that the nomination of Angelina Nyajany Teny as a minister of defense…

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The effect of pipeline leakage and fire incidents in former Unity State (Part II)

February 23, 2020Articles, Opinionsouthsudannews

By Peter Reat Gatkuoth Abstract February 23, 2020 (SSNA) — When pipelines are built, regulated, controlled and maintained as necessary by international and national legislation, they can be safe environmentally according to national and international industry standards and good practices. They can also pose serious health and environmental danger. The most common cause of pipeline…

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