Press Statement Joint Press Statement by SSOA and SPLM-FDs 3 August 2018 Since the “Agreement on Outstanding Issues of Governance” was initialed principally by the SPLM-IG and SPLM-IO on the 25th of July, SSOA and SPLM-FDs delegations have been engaging the Mediation on the possibility of making some changes that will make it possible for Read More …
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JMEC Finally Admits that SPLA is a Tribal Army!
August 01, 2018, Juba regime is a tribal army Click here to see CTSAMM Violation Reports JUBA – The JMEC has accused the South Sudan army of being a tribal rather than a national army in a report it released yesterday saying lack of discipline among the SPLA and armed opposition groups is uncontrollably ruining lives Read More …
Khartoum military mediation: a terms of surrender not a peace agreement.
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 02 August 2018 Download Statement in PDF In May 2014, President Salva Kiir claimed that he and former Vice President Dr Riek Machar signed a peace agreement in Addis Ababa under duress. He was threatened with imprisonment if he failed to sign the then proposed peace deal. Four years on, Read More …
Podcast: Message on Khartoum Agreement
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 …
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 …