Tag Archives: Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement

The struggle for sovereignty of South Sudan joint effort

By Jacob K. Lupai This is a response to a series of parts of article, Rebuttal to Mr. Jacob K. Lupai’s advice on Issues Raised in Equatoria Conference 2013, by my valued friend, Ateny Wek Ateny, in his column, Beating … read more »

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South Sudan: National healing and building of a nation; we’re all equal!

By Suzanne Jambo Words can never be enough to emphasize how our people have ALL paid the price most dearly during our entire struggle for Freedom. No one was spared, from EVERY part of our Beloved Country, EVERY South Sudanese … read more »

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Sudan: On nostalgia and wars

By Magdi el Gizouli The educated Sudanese used to take a certain pride in their passion for political debate. Whether at afternoon meal, funerals, weddings or the nightly binges of old Khartoum political prowess was a marker of prestige. The … read more »

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South Sudan’s Proposed Economic Road Hailed By Ethiopia’s Regional Leader

Sudan Tribune Juba — A senior regional leader in Ethiopia has welcomed the proposed road project in South Sudan that would connect the two sisterly countries and promote trade between them. Gambella region’s vice president in Ethiopia, Gatluak Tut, told … read more »

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Sudanese Opposition: The day after

By John Young If the Sudanese opposition were to overthrow the NCP and come to state power the question posed here is what would be the major challenge to be faced the day after? Sudan is presently suffering an economic … read more »

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Sudan: Messrs ICG: tobs are not loincloths

By Magdi El-Gizouli The International Crisis Group (ICG) recently released a report on thewar in South Kordofan, the first as it said in a series of reports on the on-going conflicts in Sudan’s peripheries. In their introduction the author(s) offered … read more »

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South Sudan: ‘Stop the Planes’–Now!

Analysis The plea could hardly be simpler, or more urgent: “Just stop the planes.” This cry for help came from “Khadija,” a woman interviewed by Amnesty International (see below) while standing in front of the bombed remains of her home … read more »

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Political Parties Council: A test for pluralism in South Sudan

By Beny Gideon Mabor The Republic of South Sudan is the youngest and promising developmental state in the region with a lot of ambitions in the course of nation building including its Transitional Constitution passed in 2011. One ambitious provision … read more »

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Rebels Take Airport in Sudan

Reports of rebel activities in Sudan have increased recently, according to Reuters , which reported that an airport had been occupied on Wednesday.   Clashes between rebels affiliated with South Sudan in Sudan come as another report from Reuters indicates … read more »

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South Sudan: The “curse” of Liberation

By Luka Biong Deng On March 18, the SPLM will hold an extraordinary convention to pass the basic documents required for it to be registered as a political party, such as the manifesto, constitution, code of conduct, internal and financial … read more »

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Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration in South Sudan: feasible under current conditions?

By Jairo Munive Following decades of civil war South Sudan achieved independence from Sudan in mid-2011 as the culmination of a long peace process. Both the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) and international donors consider a successful Disarmament Demobilization and … read more »

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Sharia inflation: a preacher speaks politics

By Magdi El Gizouli The allies of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) recently welcomed the professional Moslem cleric turned politician Yusif al-Koda in their Kampala habitat. Yusif and the Chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement in North Sudan (SPLA/M-N) … read more »

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Immigration Influx into the Republic of South Sudan!

By Luk Kuth Dak Believe it or not, experts, pundits and political scentriec see it that the illegal influx of illegal immigrants into the Republic of South Sudan (RSS) is nothing less than a time bomb. Occasionally, I am painfully … read more »

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A Call for a Marshall Plan for South Sudan (1-2)

By John A. Akec “There is no shortage of funding in the world, only shortage of fund-able plans”- Author’s personal conviction South Sudan obtained its independence from Sudan in July 2011, six months after voting overwhelmingly to secede from the … read more »

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Official Death Squads in Society: The Case of South Sudan

By Prof. Wani Tombe Official death squads (ODS) are invariably, the characteristics of those human societies, in which, their mode of governance is riddled with unconstitutionalism to the extent that, the peoples are no more the sovereign. These are societies … read more »

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Sudan: SPLM-N – 10 Raped, 9 Killed in Blue Nile

Bau — The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) is accusing the Sudanese popular defense forces of raping 10 women and killing nine of them in Bau locality, Blue Nile, Radio Dabanga has learned. Arnu Ngutulu Lodi, the movement’s spokesman, said … read more »

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Soldiers Killed as Tribal Leader On Ethiopian Border attacked by SPLA

South Sudan’s army launched Monday a “successful” attack on the forces of Dak Kueth, a self-proclaimed prophet from Jonglei State, the military said on Tuesday. Initial reports said the 19 members of Kueth’s militia were killed but this was later … read more »

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The role of guns in the violence in South Sudan

By Steve Paterno Last week, in commemoration of Human Rights Day, I was interviewed by Radio France International (RFI) http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/#http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20121211-protestors-killed-south-sudan so as to highlight the issues of human rights abuses in South Sudan. The interview was as timely as it … read more »

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Civilian protection in the Republic of South Sudan, whose responsibility is it?

By Magok Alier Akuot The International Humanitarian Law defines civilian as a person who is not a member of his or her country’s armed forces or other militia. This definition is supplemented by The Free Legal Dictionary also defines civilian … read more »

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Who killed Isaiah Abraham?

By Zechariah Manyok Biar On December 4th or 5th, 2012, Isaiah Abraham was dragged out of his house and shot dead in front of the same house by unknown gunmen. It is not yet clear why he was killed. But … read more »

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A radical approach needed in the national interest of South Sudan

By Jacob K. Lupai South Sudan, up until 9 July 2011, was an integral part of the Sudan. Precisely on the 9th July 2011 it became the independent Republic of South Sudan, the newest country on planet earth. What was … read more »

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Sudan: Khartoum though has a case must give peace a chance

By Isaiah Abraham Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to disagree. The two countries were made to sign an agreement known as Cooperation Agreement two months ago in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, the very agreement sponsored by the African … read more »

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The SPLM-N factor in Sudan-South Sudan border hostilities

By Machien Luoi The September 27, 2012 – Addis Ababa Cooperation Agreement signed by Sudan and South Sudan is getting undermined by Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement-North Sudan (SPLM-N) activities and presence along the common border of the two countries. The … read more »

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South Sudan: Dr. Lam Akol – No Sugarcoating!!

By Luk Kuth Dak, opinion As those of you who follow me on my column may have noticed that, in the last few months, I have been trying hard to stick with my self-imposed writing drought about the “Jallaba Golden … read more »

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South Sudan: What next for a successful state?

By Beny Gideon Mabor The Republic of South Sudan got independence on July 9, 2011 exactly one year and three months from now since we honorably joined community of nations. Our national flag was hoisted at the offices of all … read more »

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Sudan’s Forgotten War

After years of war in Sudan, Bernard-Henri Lévy asks Yasir Arman, secretary-general of the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement, what the world can do to stop the violence.   A dozen years ago, Jean-Marie Colombani and Edwy Plenel at the French … read more »

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Fate of the “Tripartite Agreement” on humanitarian access to S.v Kordofan & B. Nile

By Eric Reeves For well over a year, the world has known fully—from a wide range of sources—about military efforts by Khartoum to starve more than one million civilians in South Kordofan, and subsequently Blue Nile—overwhelmingly people of the African … read more »

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An open letter to Princeton Lyman, U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan

Department of State Washington, DC Dear Ambassador Lyman: I write to you to express my profound dismay at the character of Obama administration responses to the various political and humanitarian crises that continue to define greater Sudan. I wish in … read more »

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Sudan: Change is the only road to peace

By Yasir Arman I was asked by the organisers of this august institution to speak about ’Darfur, South Kordofan, Blue Nile, Khartoum… prospects for a peaceful solution’. I come from a school of thought that believes Darfur, South Kordofan/Nuba Mountain, … read more »

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