An open letter to Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn
By Duach R.Mach Your Excellency, April 18, 2016 (SSNA) -- We are very distraught by the death of our innocent civilians (children, women, and elderly people) who were recently massacred by Murle tribe...
View ArticleJoining the EAC: What it means for South Sudan
By Kuach Tutkuay March 25, 2016 (SSNA) -- The news of accession of South Sudan to the East Africa Community was received with mixed reactions by South Sudanese; with some describing it as a long...
View ArticleDr. Boutros Boutros Ghali: a man of mission
By Ambassador Dhano Obongo March 26, 2016 (SSNA) -- On November 14, 1922, in Cairo, Egypt, Boutros Boutros Ghali was born into an Egyptian Coptic Christian family. He went to glory on February 16,...
View ArticleRumors of Potential Use of Chemical Weapons Against the Nuba
By Samuel Totten March 15, 2016 (SSNA) -- Rumors are afloat in Sudan that the Government of Sudan has recently transported chemical weapons to one or more regions of South Kordofan, which the Sudanese...
View ArticleLt. Gen. Gai Yoach’s Comment sets a stage for another major crisis in Juba...
By: J. Nguen March 7, 2016 (SSNA) -- Many experts agreed that the civil war in South Sudan on December 2013, which killed fifty thousand (UN’s report), displaced 2.3 million persons to neighboring...
View ArticleNo leadership is eternal than the national sovereignty itself (Message of peace)
“Our lives begin to end the minute we become silent about things that matters,” Martin Luther King. By: Maulana Deng Gai Gatluak March 6, 2016 (SSNA) -- My dear countrymen, South Sudan patriots,...
View ArticleThe intention of IGAD Communiqué: demystifying the interpretive maneuovres!
By Biel Boutros Biel Part II February 29, 2016 (SSNA) -- On 8 February 2016, Part I, of this argument made an analysis on article 7 of the Communiqué on South Sudan which was issued by the Council of...
View ArticleWe condemn the brutal murder of the Gambella Deputy Minister for roads and...
“If it is not broke, don't fix it.” By Duach R. Mach February 28, 2016 (SSNA) -- We the Nuer community of Ethiopia in Diasporas unequivocally condemned the horrific murder of Gambella Deputy Ministry...
View ArticleA response to Obang Metho’s false allegations over Gambella incident!
By Pagak Nyier February 27, 2016 (SSNA) -- What kind of Gambelia do we really want? I am sure we all want Gambella free from the conflict and violence. There have been allegations which have been aired...
View ArticleAn uphill task in concurrent implementation of peace agreement and order for...
By Jacob K. Lupai February 21, 2016 (SSNA) -- This article had appeared earlier in some daily newspapers in South Sudan. It focused on a scenario that took place on Friday, 2 October 2015 watched in...
View ArticleReflections on Daniel Wuor Joak’s “The Rise and Fall of SPLM/SPLA Leadership”
By Margaret Akulia, Canada "The independence of South Sudan from Sudan, which occurred on July 9, 2011, did not come out of the blue. All the Southern Sudanese participated in it, and the credit must...
View ArticleSouth Sudan and the nation building!
"Disagreement does't mean disapproval." Oprah Winfrey. By: Dhano Obongo January 3, 2016 (SSNA) -- I have been delving in a debate within myself as to what could possibly be the proper way to expound a...
View ArticleTowards a unified African market
Newly-signed tripartite free trade area to bring together EAC, COMESA & SADC blocs Note to editor: The dream of a unified African market took a giant leap towards reality following the signing in...
View ArticleSouth Sudan is heading to another unpredictable uncertainty if the imposition...
By Lul Gatkuoth Gatluak January 17, 2016 (SSNA) -- The implementation of the Compromise Peace Agreement stood in limbo nearer to crack if JMEC, IGAD and all players are not responded promptly as too...
View ArticlePoor man’s federalism and the faltering national unity
By Kuach Tutkuay January 16, 2016 (SSNA) -- In the history of the hunting, only an amateur hunter will go for the cubs before killing the lioness. That is a mismatch of skills whose repercussion may...
View ArticleWhat if there are no reforms in South Sudan by 2018?
By: Dhol Nyala January 15, 2016 (SSNA) -- To expect SPLM in government (SPLM-IG) to effectively render itself redundant is amounts to be naïve and stupid. Ask the SPLM in government and other political...
View ArticleAn Appeal to Jieeng Council of Elders (JCE)
By Kuir ë Garang January 11, 2016 (SSNA) -- To argue that the 28-States proposal is what the people of South Sudan want is to be opportunistically dishonest. Learned people always make decisions based...
View ArticleMini-Open Letter To: Hon. Maker Thiong Maal, Jieng Council of Elders
By David Mabior Atem Kuir January 7, 2016 (SSNA) -- The leisure of Christmas holiday had given me the opportunity to explore some websites where I came across the following season’s greetings; titled:...
View ArticleCongratulatory message to the newly promoted SPLA-IO Generals
By: Maulana Deng Gai Gatluak January 4, 2016 (SSNA) -- It is with a great honour and pride that am sending you this congratulatory message to congratulate you on your well-deserved promotions to the...
View ArticleEthiopia: fixing agriculture
A no-nonsense agency works to remove bottlenecks Note to editor: Thirty years ago, as famine hit drought-stricken Ethiopia, the world responded by rushing to the country’s aide, including through...
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