19 May 2017 Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA)for Sudan and South Sudan, documents the period following July 2016 when then vice-president Riek Machar, leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-in-Opposition (SPLM/A-IO), and hundreds of his forces fled Juba and reached Garamba National Park across the border in the DRC. Machar and his men were eventually Read More …
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UN report reveals extensive human rights violations in Yei, Central Equatoria
20 May 2017 In December 2016 the UN said that ethnic cleansing was occurring in South Sudan. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) released a report on the findings of a year-long investigation into human rights violations in the Yei Town. The report found 114 cases of Sudan’s People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and Mathiang Anyor killing civilians that were perceived Read More …
Perspectives on Opposition Unity and the Path to Peace
South Sudan, the Big Questions: Opposition Unity? Talk Peace? Or Fight? 4 May 2017 Opposition to Jubahas grown from individual mutterings, to public dissents by journalists, and now, to armed resistance. The incremental opposition to Kiir’s regime should come as no surprise as this government has shown no appetite for criticism from any quarters, and Read More …
SSHRO Inaugural Report on Human rights violations in South Sudan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SSHRO Publishes Inaugural Report on Human rights violations in South Sudan Pretoria, 13th May 2017– The South Sudan Human Rights Observatory (SSHRO), an independent rights body, has released its first publication on human rights abuses in South Sudan. The report documents the egregious violations against civilians that took place in the month Read More …
Gumeiza Conflict Security Statement
DINKA BOR DEFENSE FORCES’ INCURSION IN MUNDARILAND FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 8, 2017 It is with grave concern that the Mundari Global Community takes this opportunity to alert and inform the South Sudanese public, the Government of South Sudan, the International Community in general, and the JMEC, UNMISS, IGAD, UNSC, EU, TROIKA States, Canada, Read More …
South Sudan Opposition: there can be no credible dialogue without inclusion.
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 30th April 2017 South Sudan: amid death, destruction and despair, there can be no credible dialogue without inclusion. Late last year, President Salva Kiir Mayardit attempted to hold a national dialogue to try to quell tensions in South Sudan, where on-going civil war has killed hundreds of thousands of people Read More …
Position Paper on South Sudan National Dialogue and its Discontents
Download PDF Position Paper on South Sudan National Dialogue and its Discontents In the past, National Dialogues provided a rare entry-point to organize and conduct political dialogues to address humanitarian concerns. Dialogues were designed to build confidence between the belligerents and with the local population. However, to the dismay of many, the regime in South Read More …
Joint Press Release: South Sudan’s Political Opposition Forces
As genocide unfolds in South Sudan, much of the world looks away Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7th April 2017 In one of the gravest crimes of the 21st century, President Salva Kiir and his regime are wiping out non-dinka communities through ethnically targeted massacres in Greater Upper Nile, Equatoria and Western Bahr El Ghazal Read More …
UK declares South Sudan killings as ‘genocide’
UK goes beyond UN to say South Sudan violence ‘is now genocide’ Entebbe, Uganda Thursday 13 April 2017 Rodney Muhumuza The violence in South Sudan is now genocide that is being perpetrated along tribal lines, International Development Secretary Priti Patel has said. She said there are “massacres taking place, people’s throats being slit”, and urged Read More …
Amnesty International: Open Letter To President Salva Kiir On Prolonged Detentions, Enforced Disappearances
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 28 March 2017 Since the start of South Sudan’s ongoing conflict in December 2013, the National Security Service (NSS) and the Military Intelligence Directorate have carried out hundreds of arbitrary arrests, prolonged detentions and enforced disappearances of individuals perceived as government opponents. Detainees are held without charge or being presented in court, they Read More …