By Simon Deng South Sudan’s main opposition group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition are warning of an ongoing proxy war in the country that could derail the peace deal implementation. The country’s peace deal has brought together the government and several opposition groups in a Transitional Government of National Unity that ends in […]
By Ruot George South Sudan has defended a recent agreement reached with a splinter group of the main opposition, SPLM-IO as not against the pact being implemented in the country. The government signed an agreement with the so called Kitgwang faction that calls for ceasing hostilities and promoting peace. “This engagement is under the term […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei Opposition forces of the SPLM-IO cantoned in South Sudan’s Unity State have fled their site, a day after clashes with armed youths. An officer with the group, Maj Yor Yang said intelligence network cited the armed youths from Koch County crossing Ngony swamp in large numbers, believed to be planning to […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s unending hunger has been aggravated by a devastating flood that has washed away farms and killed livestock while displacing hundreds of thousands of people whose livelihoods have been completely eroded. About eight States were hit hard by undulating floods that has been raging for the last three years. The government […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan has entered the final year of implementation of a peace pact and the United Nations Human Rights Commission monitoring the country has warned that affairs are not as rosy as planned. Political and sub-national conflicts which should have been addressed by the peace agreement remain common place and plans […]
By Ruot George and Simon Deng The three-year peace pact in South Sudan is entering its critical phase with barely a year to the set timeframe. The implementation of the peace deal aimed at ushering the country into peace and security dividends but delays in accomplishing tasks in the deal have characterized the slow pace […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei A clash at a cantonment site south of South Sudan’s Unity State has left one person dead and five others injured, an official of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition, Nhial Kam Both said. The clash at Korjamus, two kilometers from Mirmir town in Koch County was caused by an […]
By Simon Deng The governor of Central Equatoria, Emmanuel Adil Anthony has urged the new State transitional parliament to enact sound legislations to regulate land acquisition. The August House should constitute a standing specialized committee on land to enact laws for regulating the land acquisition across the state, Anthony said in a statement issued in […]
By Simon Deng and Ruot George Civil servants in Jonglei, protesting for allowances and double increment in salaries closed the office of the governor on Wednesday and as well shut the State Secretariat, Veronica William Deng, the Minister of Information, said. “The state employees say that their money was cut, instead we have increased their […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure Members of Parliament of Eastern Equatoria State took the oath of office on Wednesday. The 92 MPs are from all the parties to the 2018 revitalized peace agreement, including Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-IG, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition and South Sudan Opposition Alliance. Another 8 belonging to Other Political Parties […]
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