Why South Sudan fails politically and economically
South Sudan’s Kiir. Photo: Reuters By James Tot Mathiang June 30, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudan is a country created after 50 decades of brutal civil war, that ravaged the…
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Letter to Congress from Former Special Envoys for Sudan, Throwing Their Weight Behind Lifting of Sanctions on Sudan: A Critique
Sudan’s al Bashir. Photo: Getty Images/File By Eric Reeves June 30, 2017 (SSNA) — Yesterday, June 29, 2017, former Obama administration Special Envoys for Sudan Princeton Lyman and Donald Booth, along…
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Why does South Africa return to its darkness moment?
South African national flag. Photo: Getty Images By Dr. Gatluak Ter Thach* June 27, 2017 (SSNA) — In June 1961, African National Congress (ANC), the current Republic of South Africa’s…
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Cholera Epidemic in Sudan Now Reaches Darfur: As the rainy season begins in earnest, the implications are terrifying
Photo: sudanreeves.org/Getty Images/File By Eric Reeves June 25, 2017 (SSNA) — What we know from previous reporting about cholera in Sudan and the country’s collapsing medical system: “The collapse of…
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Slashing UNAMID Translates Into Numerous Base Closings; Results Will Likely be Catastrophic in Some Areas
Photo: sudanreeves.org By Eric Reeves June 23, 2017 (SSNA) — Sources within the UN have released the list of UNAMID bases to be closed or stripped of a military (as…
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Sudan, Libya, and Support for Radical Islamic Militants: A Vignette
“General and First Vice President, perhaps the most powerful man in the Khartoum regime—certainly he is essential to President al-Bashir’s grip on power. He was director of the National Intelligence…
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World Refugees’ Day: What does it mean for you and me?
“A young refugee from South Sudan at the Numanzi Transit Center where meals and temporary accommodation are provided by UNHCR in Adjumani, northern Uganda.” Photo: UNHCR/Getty Images/File By Dr. Gatluak…
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UN Security Council to Slash UNAMID
UN Security Council. Photo: UN/File Khartoum applauds UN move; Darfuri displaced call it a “major disappointment and flagrant mistake”; Human Rights Watch declares that deep cuts are “misguided” and based…
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New ideas: Culture of crime
A soldier of the SPLA. Photo: Eye Radio/File By Amb Dhano Obongo June 16, 2017 (SSNA) — A few days after the Easter break, a friend of mine, a colleague,…
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An open letter to UNSC Chair
Photo: UN R: IGAD Chair and Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia R: Field Marshal Omer Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir, President of the Republic of Sudan R: President…
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