24 July 2018 Greetings from UPDM to all South Sudanese wherever you are; my name is Jacqueline Ikang. I am a South Sudanese, and a member of UPDM. To introduce our group, UPDM is the only opposition party that defines itself as the servant of the people of South Sudan. Our team has been monitoring Read More …
Month: July 2018
Khartoum/Kampala Mediation Fails People of South Sudan – Seeks to Appease Perpetrators of the Conflict.
UNITED PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT Press Statement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 20 July 2018 Download Statement in PDF UPDM is dismayed at this latest failed effort by the Heads of State of Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya, to bring a political settlement to war-torn South Sudan, characterised by incapacity and conflict of interest at the expense of Read More …
UPDM Decries Unconstitutional Extension of Salva Kiir’s Government
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 July 2018 South Sudan’s transitional parliament has taken the unconstitutional step of extending Salva Kiir’s presidency, and their own legislatures’ tenures through to August 2021 without consulting the people. It comes in the wake of the 9th July 2018 UN Human Rights report, which documents the deliberate, ruthless and Read More …
Response of Civil Society to Post-Entebbe Draft on Outstanding Issues of Responsibility Sharing
SOUTH SUDAN CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM Khartoum, Sudan July 11, 2018 Click to Download the SSCSF Response in PDF Excellency Dr. Al-Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed, Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Republic Of Sudan. Your Excellency, Thank you for the briefing last night. Though we would have appreciated an opportunity to pose some lingering questions that we have about Read More …
South Sudan atrocities may constitute war crimes, UN says
9 July 2018 UN Human Rights monitors have documented what appear to be deliberate, ruthless and brutally violent attacks on civilians, particularly against women and children, by Government and aligned forces, as well as armed youth in parts of Unity State in South Sudan. Full report (PDF) A report issued Tuesday documents acts that constitute Read More …
A Post IGAD Peace Process: options and supporting interventions
A People’s Proposal for a Post IGAD South Sudan Peace Process 09 July 2018 Download Policy Brief: A Post IGAD Peace Process: options and supporting interventions Abstract The immediate reaction to the IGAD and Khartoum mediated Entebbe agreement was that it revealed severe structural defects that might very likely instigate the demise of the proposed Read More …
SSOA Press Release on The Entebbe Proposal on Governance
SSOA Press Release on The Entebbe Proposal on Governance FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 8 July 2018 The South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA), along with Other Political Parties (OPP) issue the following statement in response to the bilateral Agreement reached between two of the warring parties (the Juba regime and the SPLM/A- IO, led by Dr Read More …
Quick thoughts on latest proposal from Khartoum on South Sudan governance
By Dr Remember Miamingi July 8 2018 I must start by saying, from a power-sharing paradigm, the Khartoum mediators’ latest proposal on power sharing is a decent attempt by a mediation, so far, to try and be in the middle. However, even from a power-sharing paradigm, a closer look at the rationale, the percentages and Read More …
UPDM urges active AU and UN role in pursuit of genuine peace in South Sudan.
THE UNITED PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT PUBLIC STATEMENT on the Ongoing IGAD South Sudan Peace Process 8 Jul 2018 Urging the AU and the UN to assume active role in pursuit of genuine peace in South Sudan. The United Peoples Democratic Movement (UPDM), appreciates the ongoing efforts of the IGAD to bring about a genuine and Read More …
Initial Impressions: the Khartoum proposal on governance
These are my initial thoughts and conclusions on the Khartoum proposal on how South Sudan should be be governed: The Executive and the system of governance. Dr Remember Miamingi I must start by saying, from a power-sharing paradigm, the Khartoum mediators’ latest proposal on power sharing is a decent attempt by a mediation, Read More …