STATEMENT BY H.E. FESTUS G. MOGAE CHAIRPERSON OF JMEC TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON THE RESOLUTION OF THE CONFLICT IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN 23 JANUARY 2017 NEW YORK President of the Security Council; Members of the Council; 1. I thank you for this … Continue reading
SPLM’s “Taking Towns to Villages” Policy: A Land Grab Agenda Disguised as Development Agenda By O. Aromi Background Worldwide, top-down development approaches –development policy prescriptions designed and dictated by central government bureaucrats, politicians and arm-chair planners sitting in headquarters away from local communities where development is supposed to happen, have been shown to be ineffective … Continue reading
Kiir’s Destruction of South Sudan Through Federalism By Dr. Costello Garang Riiny If Kiir and his advisors really understand the background to a federal system and how it really functions, they wouldn’t continue creating additional States but rather go back to the old ten States. The Republic of South Sudan is currently at the … Continue reading
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN EASTERN NILE STATE -MALAKAL Date: 16/01/2017 To: President of the Republic of South Sudan Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit SUBJECT: REJECTION OF AN ANNEXATION OF PANYIKANG COUNTY TO CENTRAL UPPER NILE STATE Your Excellency, We the people of former Eastern Nile State do hereby congratulate His Excellency the President of the Republic … Continue reading
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT (NDM) 16th January, 2017 Press Statement The National Democratic Movement (NDM) strongly condemns the Presidential Decree issued by President Salva Kiir Mayardit on the 14th instant creating additional states in the Republic of South Sudan, bringing the total number to 32. The decision by Kiir at this penurious time in the … Continue reading
In response to Santino Aniek in his unfounded diatribe on the person of Dr Lam Akol Date: 16 December 2020. Nyamilepedia electronic journal published on 14 December 2020 an article in the name of a certain Santino Aniek who claims to be a South Sudanese living in “Upstate New York, USA.” The article purports to … Continue reading
WHERE THE PRESIDENCY GOT IT TERRIBLY WRONG By: Dr Lam Akol 10/12/2020. On 9 December 2020, the Presidency held its fourth meeting with all its members in attendance. A press statement following the conclusion of the meeting informed the public that the Presidency took resolutions on three important matters related to the Transitional National Legislature … Continue reading
THE FALLACY OF THE SO-CALLED NATIONAL DIALOGUE On the 3rd of November, the National Conference of the “National Dialogue” was opened in Juba amid a fanfare that it represented the voice of the people of South Sudan. “Our people have spoken” was a recurrent and repeated phrase by the organizers of the Conference in self-congratulation … Continue reading
