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 …