Opinion

Famine in South Sudan Should not Obscure Urgent Food Crisis in Sudan

8 years ago

“Women carry maize flour sacks during a food distribution by the Catholic Church to refugees and displaced people in Juba on August 30, 2014.” Photo: Samir Bol/AFP By Eric Reeves…

New Ideas: Where to for Turkey?

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

Flag of Turkey. Photo: Getty Images By Ambassador Dhano Obongo March 30, 2017 (SSNA) — Turkey’s relations with the European Union (EU) are observed not only in Europe, Africa, and…

A Clearer View of What Lies Behind Obama Administration Lifting of Sanctions on the Khartoum Regime

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

Former United States President Obama. Photo: sudanreeves.org By Eric Reeves March 27, 2017 (SSNA) — If we needed any confirmation of the supremely callous quid pro quo between Khartoum and the U.S…

Internally Displaced Persons in Darfur: The invisible catastrophe, international complicity

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

IDPs in Darfur. Photo: sudanreeves.org By Eric Reeves Darfur Basics March 19, 2017 (SSNA) — There are many elements to the current critically dangerous situation on the ground in Darfur:…

Our Current Revolutionary Situation

8 years ago

Articles, Columnists, Opinion

By Riang Y. Z. Nyak March 14, 2017 (SSNA) — Recent developments in South Sudan are truly indicative of a situation that has become obvious to many in the course…

Khartoum (Sudan) and the Peripheries: Where the Money Goes—and Where it Doesn’t Go

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

“Life in Darfur without camp humanitarian resources–the fate of many now, soon perhaps hundreds of thousands of people forced from dismantled IDP camps.” Photo: sudanreeves.org By Eric Reeves March 4,…

U.S. Congressman accuses Sudan of obstructing humanitarian access

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

Jim McGovern. Photo: AP March 3, 2017 (SSNA) — Last January, former President Barack Obama eased the 19-year economic and trade sanctions on Sudan. The decision came as a response…

Over 5 Million People are at Risks of Dying in South Sudan; Why the World is Silent?

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

Photo: catholic.org/Getty Images/File By Dr. Gatluak Ter Thach* February 23, 2017 (SSNA) — The international media and regional media outlets are silent of seriously informing the world about manmade catastrophes…

Can South Sudan Survive Another Year of Civil War?

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

Photo: AFP By Chap Phan February 21. 2017 (SSNA) — Many people, including this author, have expressed concerns many times about Juba’s regime inability to bring peace and show leadership…

Khartoum Begins New Military Offensive in South Kordofan: A clear violation of terms laid down by Obama Administration for lifting of U.S. sanctions on Khartoum

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Photo: sudanreeves.org/file By Eric Reeves February 21, 2017 (SSNA) — The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-North (SPLA/M-N) today reports that Khartoum has begun a new military offensive in South Kordofan:…

Quantifying Human Destruction and Suffering in Sudan: The grim calculus of international policies and politics

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

Photo: National Geographic/Getty Images By Eric Reeves February 12, 2017 (SSNA) — Towards the end of her long chapter on the Rwanda genocide in “A Problem From Hell” (2002), Samantha Power renders…

Gendered violence in Juba

8 years ago

Analyses, Opinion, South Sudan

South Sudanese women in Juba. Photo: alarabiya.net/File By Professor Simon E. Kulusika February 6, 2017 (SSNA) — Before explaining the meaning of the title of this article, it may help…

Who’s actually being governed in South Sudan

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

Kuir ë Garang. Photo: File By Kuir ë Garang February 5, 2017 (SSNA) — There are many South Sudanese who talk of ‘public opinion’ or ‘popular view’; but how do…

Africa: A Continent of Hope

8 years ago

Analyses, Articles, Opinion

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Photo: AFP/Getty Images By António Guterres February 3, 2017 (SSNA) — Far too often, the world views Africa through the prism of problems. When I look…

The Increasingly Ominous Fate of U.S. Sudan Policy under President Trump

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty Images By Eric Reeves February 3, 2017 (SSNA) — Among the myriad Executive Orders that President Trump has inherited from the Obama administration…

New ideas: Israeli politics

8 years ago

Articles, Opinion

Ambassador Dhano Obongo. Photo: File By Dhano Obongo February 2, 2017 (SSNA) — In the beginning, God created heaven and earth. Then He made people and things became complicated. At…

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