Opinion

Revitalization of peace under IGAD mandate is a disturbance and will be an endless project

8 years ago

Machar (R), Kiir (L). Photo: Reuters/Getty Images/File By Gatluak Luk aka Buk July 27, 2017 (SSNA) — Without Dr. Riek Machar the revitalization would not be possible or a successful…

I profoundly disagreed with President Museveni

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

Dhano Obongo. Photo: File By Dhano Obongo July 25, 2017 (SSNA) — While I was on the Easter break in April visiting my beloved family in Kampala, Uganda, in on…

Free Riek Machar first then revitalise the 2015 peace agreement

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

SPLM/A-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar. Photo: Reuters By: Sirir Gabriel Yiei Ruot July 25, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudan, a young Country full of wealth and resources. For me, it…

Is the state of emergency decree an attempt to rescind the national dialogue (part 2)?

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

South Sudan’s Kiir. Photo: Pinterest/Getty Images By: Wol D. Akech July 25, 2017 (SSNA) — In part 1 of this piece of writing, I discussed the nature and background of…

Is the state of emergency decree an attempt to rescind the national dialogue (part 1)?

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

South Sudan’s Kiir. Photo: Reuters By: Wol D. Akech July 25, 2017 (SSNA) — As issues of public debate cannot be approach without aligning them to legal instruments or public…

International community should put more emphasis on ending South Sudan crisis

8 years ago

Articles, Columnists, Opinion

World flags at the UN. Photo: Getty Images By Peter Gai Manyuon July 24, 2017 (SSNA) — Admittedly since civil war broke out in December 2013 up to early 2017,…

An Open Letter to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the UN’s World Health Organization

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo: PBS/UN/Getty Images United Nations Office at Geneva | Palais des Nations, 1211 | Genève, Switzerland Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: July 24, 2017 (SSNA) — The…

Tribalists and Tribalism in South Sudan

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

Photo: File By: Cde. Sirir Gabriel Yiei Ruot July 21, 2017 (SSNA) — It has been almost to one year since we gave the Addis Ababa peace agreement on the…

“Sea Change of Improvement in Humanitarian Access” in Sudan? Where’s the Evidence

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

“Cholera breeding grounds such as this are increasingly common during the current rainy season in Darfur.” Photo: sudanreeves.org By Eric Reeves July 15, 2017 (SSNA) — If there has been…

The Truth About Humanitarian Access in Sudan, contra the “UN Country Team” for Sudan

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

“Some of those displaced in the Jebel Marra offensive of 2016; many will have died by this time, as UN officials have only very recently gained access to conduct assessments…

Not Yet Happy Independence of South Sudan

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

Dr. James Okuk. Photo: File By James Okuk, PhD July 10, 2017 (SSNA) — July 09th every year marks a significant Day for Declaration of Independence of an additional country…

The Somalization of South Sudan: The lost boys and girls of Sudan should take an immediate action

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

SPLA soldiers… Photo: Reuters By J. Nguen July 9, 2017 (SSNA) — Today is 9th of July 2017. It marks the 6th years of South Sudan independence. South Sudanese at home or…

A Trump decision within the week may accelerate genocide in Darfur

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

Photo: YouTube By Eric Reeves July 6, 2017 (SSNA) — Within the coming week the Trump administration will make a decision unlikely to break through the furor of bizarre presidential…

David Mabior Atem Kuir’s acceptance Speech for MSC Distinguished Alumni Award 2017 Convocation, Canada

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

David Mabior Atem Kuir. Photo: File The Menno Simon College/CMU’s Administration; UW’s Registrar; Graduates Class of 2017; Graduate’s parents, relatives, guardians & friends Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon; July 5,…

An open second letter to H.E. First Lt. General and President of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

Photo: Getty Images/File Ref: Proclaimed National Dialogue and Partial Implementation of Peace Agreement with Taban’s group prolongs South Sudanese suffering By David Mabior Atem Kuir Dear President, July 1, 2017…

Why South Sudan fails politically and economically

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

South Sudan’s Kiir. Photo: Reuters By James Tot Mathiang June 30, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudan is a country created after 50 decades of brutal civil war, that ravaged the…

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