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October 9, 2019

Analyses: the Mathiang Anyoor—cattle keepers turned key SPLA fighters

New Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) study analyses the Mathiang Anyoor—cattle keepers turned key SPLA fighters When civil war broke out in South Sudan in December 2013, thousands of soldiers defected from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and joined the opposition. In response, elites loyal to Kiir’s government mobilized fighters to bolster depleted SPLA forces.

October 4, 2019

NDM: Our Top Priority is to Implement the Peace Agreement.

Press Statement Date: 2 October 2019 There is a growing orchestrated clamour from some quarters these days that the Revitalized Government of National Unity (R-GoNU) must be formed on 12 November without delay, even if that meant excluding other Parties to the Agreement signed on 12 September 2018. These quarters are led to believe that

August 6, 2019

Pa’gan Amum explains why R-ARCSS was and is never meant to be implemented

Nyamilepedia, August 2019 Nyamilepedia Interviews Pa’gan Amum Okiech, former Secretary General of the SPLMPa’gan Amum explains why R-ARCSS was and is never meant to be implemented to bring peace and democratic transformation of South Sudan. Question 1 – Last year, the government and several opposition groups signed the revitalized peace agreement to end the ongoing

March 5, 2019

Open Letter to Ambassador Ismail Wais, IGAD Special Envoy to South Sudan

H.E. Ambassador. Ismail Wais, IGAD Special Envoy to South Sudan, 5 March 2019 Your Excellency, I am one of many South Sudanese who were disturbed by your March 1, 2019 letter of invitation to opposition leaders opposed to the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS). Intentionally or otherwise, your letter

December 3, 2018

The Revitalized South Sudan Peace Agreement: A Peace Agreement or a Peace ‘Aggrievement’?

In December 2013 South Sudan’s perennial, cyclical and interlocking armed conflict resumed. This time, a number of unaddressed structural challenges and grievances triggered the war. There are primarily three factors responsible for the flare-up of the conflict. Download here: The Revitalized South Sudan Peace Agreement: A Peace Agreement or a Peace ‘Aggrievement’? First, the failed transition

August 7, 2018

SSOA Gets Last-ditch Concessions and Assurances from Heads of States

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Statement Date: 6 August 2018 Yesterday, the delegation of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) taking part in the Khartoum Round of Facilitation of the Peace Process in South Sudan signed the Agreement on the Outstanding Issues on Governance. It behooves on us to inform our members and the public at

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