25th January 2018 The Council of Ministers of IGAD (Council of Ministers) have received reports from Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism (CTSAMM) that there have been violations of the 21 December 2017 Agreement on Cessation and Hostilities, Protection of Civilians and Humanitarian Access (ACOH) since its entry into force on 24 December 2017. Read More …
Month: January 2018
JMEC Calls On Un Security Council To Revisit “Consequences” For Ceasefire Non-Compliance
PRESS RELEASE 25th January 2018, Juba, South Sudan The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) has asked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to define clear consequences “to be faced by those who wilfully violate, spoil or derail the Peace Agreement in South Sudan.” Addressing the UNSC on Thursday, JMEC Chairperson, H.E. Festus Mogae said, Read More …
Quandary in South Sudan: Should It Lose Its Hard-Won Independence?
By Jeffrey Gettleman NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan. 23, 2017— Tens of thousands of civilians dead, countless children on the verge of starvation, millions of dollars stolen by officials, oil wells blown up, food aidhijacked and as many as 70 percentof women sheltering in camps raped— mostly by the nation’s soldiers and police officers. Genocide is beginning Read More …
UK Statement at the Security Council Meeting on South Sudan.
Call for consequences for those who obstruct the negotiation process, including violations of the Cessation of Hostilities in South Sudan Delivered by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, Chargé d’Affaires, 24 January 2018 Thank you Mr President, And thank you also to our briefers Undersecretary La Croix, ASG Mueller and Chairperson Mogae for updating us today. As we Read More …
US Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on the UN Mission in South Sudan
U.S. Mission to the United Nations New York City January 24, 2018 Ambassador Nikki Haley U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations AS DELIVERED Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you to the briefers for talking about this very important issue that has faced us. The United States has been a supporter of South Sudan Read More …
Our Intellectual Journey Towards A Coherent Political Ideology
Peter Adwok Nyaba PhD, INTRODUCTION Many South Sudanese researchers and writers have published books, in referral journals and newspapers on the social and political configuration of South Sudan with little or no policy impact in the sociology and political economy of the country. The dominant political remains impervious to the oral and published critique. The Read More …
Remaining Focused on Building a South Sudan “Nation”
Alfred Sebit Lokuji 14 January 2018 Introduction South Sudan is a whirl-pool in which those caught in the currents appear unable to regain both their coordinates as well as composure. The aura of self- importance and infallibility on the side of government is so strong that a libertarian would die of asphyxia just for coming Read More …
CEPO Oversight Observation Report on Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoH)
CEPO 1stOversight Observation Report on Cessation of Hostilities Agreement, 6 January 2018 Abstract: The Cessation of Hostilities is a pre-condition for the success of a permanent cease- fire and transition to peace and stability. It is a critical tool that requires technical and financial sup- port to succeed in meeting the expectations it creates. The Read More …