Sunday Monitor’s interview with Dr Remember Miamingi By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi. 23 January 2017 By just standing with President Salva Kiir in the conflict, President Museveni is undermining its chances of influencing the resolution of the conflict. In fact the peace agreement is the only legitimate basis for governance in South Sudan. So once the agreement has collapsed, Read More …
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South Sudan Cannot Be Allowed to Collapse
By Andrew S. Natsios JAN. 20, 2017 Andrew S. Natsioswrites In a NYTimes Op-ed that South Sudan must not be allowed to collapse. The only way forward, according to Mr. Nasios is for new local actorsto broker a new political settlement, with outsiders acting as only supporting cast during the negotiations but guaranteeing its enforcement after Read More …
Secretive Luxembourg-based investment fund offers South Sudan $105 billion
President Salva Kiir has received an offer of €105 billion for budget and project support from a Luxembourg-based investment fund. Ths comes after major donors refused to provide finacial support to Salva Kiir’s government following a UN investigative report that blames the President for orchestrating the return to war. Click to see t he funds letter to Read More …
UPDM calls for AU to assume South Sudan peace process and resignation of, JMEC’s chairman H.E. Festus Mogae
THE UNITED PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT Republic of South Sudan PDM PRESS STATEMENT, 11thJanuary 2017 UPDM calls for AU to assume South Sudan peace process and resignation of, JMEC’s chairman H.E. Festus Mogae FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) that established the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC[1]), have been leading and mediating Read More …
Embrace the Resistance And Not Another Hopeless Peace Process!
By: Justin Ambago Ramba 9 January 2017 It is worth the effort to try and find the answer to the crucial question as to what should the people of South Sudan now aspire for having suffered this far under Salva Kiir’s SPLM/SPLA? Should they prioritize continuing with the resistance and liberation struggle, which are all Read More …
Why Kenya must help establish peace and political stability in South Sudan
Hon. P. ANYANG’ NYONG’O Senator Kisumu County, Kenya Dec. 24, 2016, 12:00 am A few weeks ago I wrote an article in this column in which I called the world’s attention to what is currently happening in South Sudan. People are being killed without rhyme or reason; homes have been destroyed almost everywhere; gang raping Read More …
Season’s Revolutionary Greetings to All Freedoms Fighters!
By: Justin Ambago Ramba 24 December 2016 The privileged few who enjoy unlimited access to the world’s mainstream media will surely agree with me that there exists a huge disparity in the way this industry has over the years reported on the ongoing crisis in South Sudan as compared say to other hot spots like Read More …
South Sudan at a crossroads
Hon. TOBIAS ELLWOOD MP, Minister for Africa and the Middle East, UK 21 December 2016 An Op-ed by Tobias Ellwood, Minister for Africa and the Middle East, on the occasion of his visit to South Sudan In August 2015 I attended the signing of the peace agreement that we hoped would start to repair the Read More …
Response to President Salva Kiir’s call for National Dialogue
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 20th December 2016 As the world comes together to avert a genocide in the making in South Sudan, that has come about by the direct actions and poor decisions of President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his kleptocratic regime, it is outrageous and disrespectful to the people of South Sudan that Read More …
Increased Violence and Atrocities in Equatoria, South Sudan
US Department of State Press Statement Mark C. Toner Deputy Department Spokesperson Washington, DC December 5, 2016 The United States is alarmed by the violence in the Equatoria region of South Sudan and concerned it could quickly spiral out of control. The UN’s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide recently warned that Read More …