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By Diu Tut Deng May 9, 2014 (SSNA) -- The restoration of peace and hope among the communities in the New Nation has been the focus point from the people of goodwill toward the Republic of South Sudan since the conflict engulfs the new state of diversities yet the peace and hope still diminishing. One would like to define peace and hope in his/her own way, Peace  is a living together in the absence...

IMMEDIATE STEPS RECOMMENDED Date: 8th May, 2014 May 9, 2014 (SSNA) -- The South Sudan Women Cry for Peace Group have been following the unfortunate events that unfolded on the 15th of December 2013 with sadness. To that effect the group was established in January 2014 and thereafter released two statements dated the 7th of January and the 21st of February 2014 respectively. The first statement contributed...

By Kuir ë Garang May 9, 2014 (SSNA) -- Not all Jieeng people like what is happening in Juba and not all of them are benefiting from the corrupt political system in Juba. Informed unity across tribal lines is the key. Non-Jieeng and conscientious Jieeng people would want to end that political system too. However, the method through which an inclusive, fair and development-friendly method can be brought...

Addis Ababa, May 9, 2014 (SSNA) -- Leaders of South Sudan’s warring factions have on Friday signed a peace deal in Ethiopia paving the way for the peace talks to continue. South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardiit and his main rival, Former Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny-Dhurghon, agreed the pact in the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa. Under the accord, a transitional government will...

By: Justin Ambago Ramba May 8, 2014 (SSNA) -- According to the facts on the ground, South Sudan has already reached the tipping point in its inter-ethnic hatred and targeted killings. However it is only of recent that much talk of averting a possible genocide at this advanced stage of the onslaught is beginning to be seriously considered in the international corridors where decisions are made. Yet...

By Duol Wuow Rut May 8, 2014 (SSNA) -- As it is the United States of America foreign policy to build and sustain a more democratic, secure, and prosperous world for the benefit of the American people and the international community, the time is now for the US to do more than the old political rhetoric to rescue the poor mass of South Sudanese from the world’s newest dictator whose mission is...

By Deng Vanang May 8, 2014 (SSNA) -- South Sudan has ever since December 15th internecine violence been the focus of an international diplomacy, not least in the African continent. The question on how to end the violence is the crux behind the agenda of the globe-trotting diplomats who immediately initiated the on-going IGAD peace process in an Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The proponents of an...

By J. Nguen Nyol May 7, 2014 (SSNA) -- On May 5th, 2014, hundreds if not thousands of South Sudanese Canadian convened a meeting at the Grace Lutheran Church in Calgary .The community welcomes one of their own with flying colours. Prof. Tombe Lako is one of South Sudanese outspoken figures, staunch critic of Kiir’s government, and respected son of Greater Equatoria and renowned senior professor...

By Peter Gai Manyuon May 7, 2014 (SSNA) -- I would like to inform the world, individuals who have not understood what caused the current mess in the Republic of South Sudan. To elaborate on the reason why I have suggested Mayardit should step down in peace or go home.  He (Mayardit) has been fighting to lead the South Sudanese people and he does not deserve it due to his dictatorial tendencies,...

By: Bol Khan May 7, 2014 (SSNA) -- Hon. Michael Makuei Lueth, the RSS current Minister for Information & Broadcasting, was said to have graduated from the University of Khartoum with a Law degree in 1975.  However, the way he is handling and speaks out Government issues are not at all, a way in which a person who is a Lawyer by profession should add in to go on. That is why we say a Law Degree/legal...

By Elhag Paul May 6, 2014 (SSNA) -- The attack on the innocent civilians in the United Nations protection camp in Bor on Thursday 17 th April 2014 is a stark reminder that the genie of ethnic cleansing that President Kiir released from its bottle on 15 th December 2013 is growing bigger and bigger poisoning the much needed spirit of tolerance. Now added to this conundrum, are the atrocities of...

By Luk Kuth Dak May 6, 2014 (SSNA) -- People around the world are shaking their heads with bewilderment over President’s Kiir behavior and his handling of the country’s crisis that he created some four months ago. His latest non-stop shuttling to the neighboring countries showed the President at his worst: angry, irritable, defensive, arrogant, contradictory, and in most cases he appeared...

Washington, DC, May 6, 2014 (SSNA) -- The United States Treasury Department has on Tuesday issued sanctions against South Sudanese military Generals, Maj. General Peter Gadet Yak and Maj. General Marial Chanuong. The move comes just days after the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Kiir has agreed to hold direct talks with Machar. Gen. Peter Gatdet is one of the leading military commanders...

Khartoum is again designated by the U.S. State Department as a "State Sponsor of Terrorism (April 2014); the regime targets a critical hospital in the Nuba for aerial attack—terror in another form By Eric Reeves May 5, 2014 (SSNA) -- The stench of hypocrisy continues to settle more deeply over the Obama administration in its relationship with the National Islamic Front/National Congress...

By Deng Mading Gatwech In Africa, access to water is one of the most critical aspects of human survival. Today, about one third of the total population lack access to water, constituting 300 million people and about 313 million people lack proper sanitation (World Water Council 2006). As result, many riparian countries surrounding the Nile river basin have expressed direct stake in the water resources...

Re: Mabaan Community in USA/Canada frustrated with Kirr destructive use of power and declares our support to SPLM in Opposition United States, May 5, 2014 (SSNA) -- It’s not a surprise for us Mabaan community in USA/Canada to conclude that our country under Kiir leadership become a failure’s state that are plagued by two structural disorganize, political identity fragmentation and weak...

By: Daniel Wuor Joak May 4, 2014 (SSNA) -- The war in South Sudan has turned from internal to regional conflict where Egyptians, Ugandan (UPDF), Sudanese opposition forces of Justice & Equality Movement (JEM) and Sudan Alliance Forces (SAF) are heavily participating in South Sudan’s war. All their combined forces have been assisting the faltered government in Juba militarily. This resulted...

By Dr Peter Kopling May 4, 2014 (SSNA) -- Dr John Garang De Mabior was a charismatic, at the same time a very strong willed and a heavy-handed leader. Like most great leaders in prolonged possessions of absolute powers, he morphed into a Tyrant, and intolerant of opposing views while surrounded by mostly poorly educated individuals with the exceptions of a few the likes of Dr. Lam Akol and Dr. Riek...

Addis Ababa, May 4, 2014 (SSNA) -- Combined forces of Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N), and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) have captured Nasir and Bentiu from anti-government forces just days after President Kiir agreed to meet rebels’ leader, Dr. Riek Machar. SPLA spokesperson Philip...

Date 2/05/2014 DECLARATION OF THE CURRENT POLITICAL POSITION THE SPLM IN OPPOSITION IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA: THE WAY FORWARD TO ACHIEVE DEMOCRACY, JUSTICE, LIBERTY AND EQUALITY IN SOUTH SUDAN. Revolutionary Greetings: Adelaide, South Australia, May 2, 2014 (SSNA) -- We the members of the SPLM Chapter in South Australia would like to inform the general public that we changed our alliance to the SPLM in...