Duop Chak Wuol

Maintain Tyranny or Die: Salva Kiir’s Devious Peace Strategy

4 weeks ago

President Salva Kiir. Photo: AFP/File By Duop Chak Wuol November 3, 2023 (SSNA) — Soon after the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) was formed in February 2020, the…

The Looming Collapse of Peace in South Sudan

2 months ago

Analyses, Articles, Opinion, South Sudan

South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir Mayardit. Photo: Reuters By Duop Chak Wuol September 20, 2023 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, is currently in the United States waiting to…

Why the UN Security Council Should Not Lift the South Sudan Arms Embargo

11 months ago

Analyses, Articles, Opinion, South Sudan

UNSC in a past session. Photo: UN By Duop Chak Wuol January 21, 2023 (SSNA) — Grave concern has been prompted by the recent statements of South Sudanese government officials,…

Why Ethiopian Prime Minister Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

4 years ago

Analyses, Articles, Opinion, World

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali. Photo: AFP By Duop Chak Wuol October 11, 2019 (SSNA) — In April 2018, Ethiopia’s prime minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali, took the…

Zimbabwe to export unemployed graduates to South Sudan

5 years ago

News, South Sudan, Top Stories, World

Professor Amon Murwira. Photo: The Herald (Zimbabwe) Juba, January 1, 2019 (SSNA) — Zimbabwean minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Professor Amon Murwira says his nation is…

South Sudan troops accused of committing environmental crimes in Pagak

5 years ago

News, South Sudan, Top Stories

Photo: Global Forest Watch Pagak/Addis Ababa, December 18, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudanese government soldiers based in Pagak have systematically been cutting down trees, burning, and selling them in the…

Is IGAD complicit in the confinement of Riek Machar?

6 years ago

Analyses, Articles, Opinion

Photo: File By Duop Chak Wuol March 28, 2018 (SSNA) — In most organized societies, keeping someone in detainment who did not commit any crime is a criminal act punishable…

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi: An African icon gone too soon

6 years ago

Analyses, Articles, Opinion, World

Late Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Photo: Aljazeera/Getty Images/File By Duop Chak Wuol August 20, 2017 (SSNA) — Waging an armed struggle against your own country is probably one of…

The irrationality of the South African detainment of Dr. Riek Machar

6 years ago

Analyses, Articles, Opinion, South Sudan, World

South Sudanese rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar. Photo: AP By Duop Chak Wuol July 28, 2017 (SSNA) — The unlawful detention of South Sudanese rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar by…

The SPLM and the Rise of Autocracy in South Sudan

10 years ago

Analyses, Articles, Opinion, South Sudan

Kiir (left) lifts South Sudan’s new constitution to the people during the July 2011 independence ceremony in Juba; James Wani Igga (right). Photo: AP/Andrew Burton By Duop Chak Wuol Summary…

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