By Isaac K. Gang* November 22, 2018 (SSNA) — I woke this morning ready to enjoy a Thanksgivings dinner with family and give thanks to God for his many blessings particularly blessing the South Sudanese people with peace during a difficult time. As I reflected, however, I couldn’t help but think about the number of…
By Lul Gatkuoth Gatluak November 21, 2018 (SSNA) — Tribalism in South Sudan is a chronic and contagious infectious disease, which claim the most lives of South Sudanese people than any other causes of death. Reality shows that, the cure and civilized way forward of nation building is far from reach. The cycle will keep…
By Duop Chak Wuol October 30, 2018 (SSNA) — The anticipated peace celebration slated to take place on the 31st of October 2018 in Juba will be one of many things to monitor to see if South Sudanese rival leaders President Salva Kiir and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) leader Dr. Riek Machar…
By Deng Akok Muoradid October 27, 2018 (SSNA) — We live in a country where our young ladies who have recently attained the age of puberty cannot afford sanitary pads but our men and women in public offices have iPods which they do not even know how to use” Patrice Lumumba. In his response to…
By Deng Akok Muoradid October 22, 2018 (SSNA) — Nile Petroleum Corporation Company Limited commonly known as NILEPET is a sole government petroleum company entrusted with the importation of fuel and its distribution to the public petrol stations as well as the guiding the operations and activities of the private oil companies that are operating…
Deng Akok Muoradid October 15, 2018 (SSNA) — On behalf of my fellow youth and on my own behalf, I would like to strongly condemn the inhumane, cowardice and pathetic act by the armed criminals to set ablaze the house of Gogrial State governor Hon. Victor Atem Atem in Mayom Chol Payam, Ajoko County on…
By Paul Tethloach Dak September 15, 2018 (SSNA) — Once upon a time was a man called ‘Chuol, the Impotent’ who was blessed with so much wealth whom he had acquired from the collection of dowries/cows of his sisters being married at a time? This man was super rich, unfortunately, Chuol was missing one thing…
By Duop Chak Wuol September 14, 2018 (SSNA) — Throughout the South Sudanese peace process, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) has been faced with serious political issues. These issues make it nearly impossible for the armed opposition to come up with a counterproposal that could force the government to accept a genuine peace….
By Peter Reat Gatkuoth Abstract September 14, 2018 (SSNA) — Domestic courts are clothed with jurisdiction to order and issue interim measures/remedies during arbitral proceedings in order to archive the ends of justice and prevent abuse of court process. Such measures include order of security for costs, taking evidences and anti-suit injunctions. The author seeks…
By Kuir ë Garang September 9, 2018 (SSNA) — There is no question that South Sudan will take time to get used to civil societies expressing strong positions in sociopolitical issues and of strong personalities, that are not political players, to be strongly opposed to some government fundamentals. As I have always reiterated, no one…
By James Tot Mathiang September 4, 2018 (SSNA) — While South Sudanese Citizens worry about the brutal civil war in the country, it has now been shown that they must also keep a watchful eye on those who have been given the responsibility to serve as mediators. Even though the president of South Sudan is…
By Duop Chak Wuol August 19, 2018 (SSNA) — Theoretically, leaders are not made. They made themselves. What they do is what defines them and their leadership styles. It is a complex social evolution where those who want to be great leaders define their own ideologies — this is exactly what late Ethiopian Prime minister…
By Robert A. Portada III August 12, 2018 (SSNA) — Kerbino Wol, the energetic, young, South Sudanese entrepreneur and philanthropist, has been unjustly imprisoned in South Sudan since 27 April of this year. No formal charges have been lodged against him, and no evidence has been presented of any wrongdoing on his part. Still, unsubstantiated…
By Duop Chak Wuol August 10, 2018 (SSNA) — The recently signed Khartoum’s power-sharing deal between the incumbent Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU), the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO), South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA), Former Detainees (FDs), and Other Political Parties (OPP) has flaws that need methodical scrutiny. This seemingly Juba’s predetermined pact…
By James Nguen August 8, 2018 (SSNA) — Today, 5th of August 2018, the South Sudanese warring parties signed Outstanding Issues on Governance and Security Arrangement Agreement in Khartoum, Sudan. The signing was witnessed and guaranteed by President of Uganda H. E. Yoweri K. Museveni and his Sudanese counterpart H. E. Field Marshall Omar H….
July 31, 2018 Open Letter To: H. E. President Salva Kiir Mayardit, Former Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny All South Sudanese Political Parties and Opposition Groups From: South Sudanese, South Sudanese in the Diaspora and Friends of the South Sudanese People August 2, 2018 (SSNA) — We commend you for participating in the peace…