By Bona Machar Nyak May 15, 2014 (SSNA) -- Federal system is system where political authority is divided between two autonomous sets of governments, one national and the other subnational, both of which operate directly upon the people. Usually a constitutional division of power is established between the national government, which exercises authority over the whole national territory, and provincial...
By Juma Mabor Marial May 15, 2014 (SSNA) -- Since south Sudan gained self-ruled from the successive regimes in Khartoum, the ordinary citizens of south Sudan never enjoyed the dividends of peace for having their own government. From the interim period to the elected government in 2010, the expectations of south Sudanese of having an independent country have been mismanaged.crisis after crisis have...
By Margaret Akulia, Canada May 15, 2014 (SSNA) -- Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon, espouse Nuer egalitarianism as your official manifesto for the new South Sudan and watch your popularity skyrocket locally and globally! Continue to be a champion for actual Democracy and you will automatically become the People’s hero. That means allying with the people of South Sudan who must largely comprise of political...
By Peter Gai Manyuon May 14, 2014 (SSNA) -- South Sudan have been losing human beings and fighting had been going on since December 2013 up to now, and the genesis of the crisis was the fight that broke out within the Republican Guards in Juba, where the number of those who got killed innocently goes beyond the description after the escalation of the fighting to States. Nevertheless, no one is aware...
Greater Bor community of the United States of America Press Release May 12, 2014 Re: A Response to the May 09, 2014 Press Release by the group that called itself, “Greater Twi Community of South Sudan, USA” United States, May 13, 2014 (SSNA) -- This is in response to the unfortunate press piece that was released by a group that called itself, Twi East Community of the United States of...
SPLM Chapter Iowa, United States of America April 7, 2014 Re: SPLM Chapter of Iowa Condemned President Kiir Regime and declares its Supports behind SPLM in Opposition Iowa, United States, May 13, 2014 (SSNA) -- Dear Compatriots, Fellow Countrymen/women, and cadres, we in Iowa SPLM Chapter strongly condemned genocidal killing of innocent women, children and unarmed civilians in the Republic of South...
Washington, DC, May 13, 2014 (SSNA) -- South Sudan’s rights organization, the Alliance for South Sudanese in Diaspora (ASSD), welcomed the signing of peace agreement between the government of South Sudan and the anti-government forces. In a press statement extended to the South Sudan News Agency , the group welcomes the signing of the accord and urges the warring factions to take the accord’s...
By Beny Gideon Mabor Quote… “A leader is a person with certain qualities of personality and character, which are appropriate to the general situation and supported by a degree of relevant technical knowledge and experience… to guide a group towards further realization of the purpose, while maintaining and building its unity as a team”. John Adair (2006: 16 – 17)...
Press Release For Immediate Release Juba, May 12, 2014 (SSNA) -- We welcome the peace agreement signed between the South Sudan Democratic Movement/Army and the government of the Republic of South Sudan said the undersigned representatives from the organized sector of the South Sudanese civil society. We applaud the parties for reaching an agreement that brings to an end the bloodshed and suffering...
May 12, 2014 Press Release Re: ASSD Condemns the Targeted killing of Unarmed Military Trainees in Mapel, Western Bhar El Ghazal State and call on the State Government and UNMISS to Ensure safety and relocation all IDPS to Safe Areas Washington, DC, May 12, 2014 (SSNA) -- Alliance for South Sudanese in Diaspora (ASSD) condemns in the strongest term possible the deliberate and targeted...
By Philips Al-Ghai “For heaven’s sake, we should start realizing that the parasites sucking the life out of S. Sudan are not those tribes we frequently keep pointing fingers at... They stroll right in the corridors of the parliament buildings in Juba, discussing when to put the next iron yoke on the necks of the poor to ensure they remain subdued! Yes, they want us to blame ourselves for...
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New York, May 12, 2014 (SSNA) -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) released its report on cluster bombs use in South Sudan. The report declared that Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) used the the banned weapons. The United Nations (UN) cites evidences it collected from UPDF and SPLA held areas at the time of fighting in Jongle State. Uganda move quickly, condemning the report...
By Juma Mabor Maria Introduction May 11, 2014 (SSNA) -- Lakes state comprised of eight (8) counties of which all but one, are inhabited by the Dinka sub-ethnic tribes and out of these counties, none except one of them have so often had sectarian fighting among the smallest sub-clans. The possible and probable causes of these conflicts are aligned but not limited to perceived historical rhetoric of...
By Juma Mabor Marial May 11, 2014 (SSNA) -- It was in 2010 that Akot’s tenure as governor of Lakes state came to end as the country now embarked on general elections for the first time since the civil war ended. Akot did not step aside for good; he resubmitted his application to contest as a new governor in lakes state. He ignored the shortcomings and challenges that he had faced during his...
By Juma Mabor Marial Recommendations May 11, 2014 (SSNA) -- It is clear from part I and II that the intra-clans conflict and revenge attacks in lakes state are not just any insecurity threats in South Sudan but a major one that threatened the lives, national security, development and progress of the people of south Sudan. The orchestration of these conflicts by some of the perpetrators as mentioned...
By Laraka Machar Turoal May 11, 2014 (SSNA) -- Not too long ago when the sisterly State of Uganda experienced one of worse dictator of all times on its driving seat as President. If not because Amin got the shoe from an educated wise Ugandan whose ambition was to establish vibrant Uganda, the today existence of Uganda would have been threatened by his ill-planted motives of nepotism, corruption and...
By J. Nguen Nyol May 11, 2014 (SSNA) -- I am sadden and disturbed after seeing baseless congratulatory messages to Pres. Salva Kiir Mayardit on social media and even on video clips as if the man has done the unthinkable and forgave hard core criminals awaiting death row. Among those wrongly pardoned, no one has committed any unforgivable crime that warranted thankfulness messages to Mr. President....
By Eric Reeves May 11, 2014 (SSNA) -- There are many threats to the cease-fire signed on Friday, May 9, 2014 by Salva Kiir, President of the Republic of South Sudan, and Riek Machar, former Vice President and nominal "leader" of the Sudan People's Liberation Army/In Opposition (SPLA/IO). Not least among them is the woeful inadequacy of command-and-control by the SPLA/IO. Much...
Press Release Nairobi, May 11, 2014 (SSNA) -- We the Nuer Students’ Union in Kenya welcome the agreement signed by Gen Salva Kiir and Dr Riek Machar yesterday in Addis Ababa. The agreement came at a time when South Sudanese citizens are in need of humanitarian assistance from the UN agencies; these international rights have been violated due to the crisis currently taking place in South Sudan....
By Deng Mangok Ayuel May 10, 2014 (SSNA) -- We are one nation forever, In epochs of sadness, we unruffled each other, In minutes of consternation, we embrace together, When we shortly fall in politics, we hold each other, When trepidation strikes, fears, we preserve together, We are not Dinkas, Nuers and Jurchol – we belong to each other We are South Sudanese. -------------------- We are one...