The Terrible Two’s Happy Birthday South Sudan
By “Papa” Maury Clark June 27, 2013 (SSNA) — Child development experts may have more technically accurate descriptions for the period that we parents call “THE TERRIBLE TWO’S”. But only…
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Corruption, Nepotism, and Tribalism: South Sudan’s Three Related Problems
By “Papa” Maury Clark June 21, 2013 (SSNA) — Tuesdays action by president Salva Kiir suspending two of his ministers, and calling for investigation into corruption allegations against Finance Minister…
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Bride Price is not the Cause of Insecurity in Jonglei state
By Nathaniel Athian Deng Dear Governor Kuol Manyang Juuk Chau, June 19, 2013 (SSNA) — I am writing to you about the high-rocking dowry (bride price) payment and perceived, subsequent…
Read More The short story about three bulls and a Lion
June 19, 2013 (SSNA) — “There were three bulls, all brothers, born long ago. There was the Red bull, the Black bull, and the White bull (In Dinka Language: Malual,…
Read More For UN Peacekeepers, new means for changing times
By Hervé Ladsous* May 29, 2013 (SSNA) — The history of United Nations peacekeeping is one of innovation and adaptation. Until some twenty years ago, UN peacekeeping seemed a more…
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Genocide Scholars Open Letter to Ambassador Susan Rice
Open Letter to Ambassador Susan Rice-Nuba Mountains Crisis and Absolute Silence by Members of the Atrocities Prevention Board Dear Ms. Rice: April 8, 2013 (SSNA) — We, scholars of genocide…
Read More The Malaria Connection
By “Papa” Maury Clark March 24, 2013 (SSNA) — In many ways far too much time has passed between us without connecting these past twelve months. You see, this 72…
Read More Genocide Scholars Letters to the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan and the U.S. Government’s Atrocities Prevention Board Go Unanswered
February 18, 2013 (SSNA) — On November 27, 2012, over 50 scholars of genocide studies from around the world wrote a letter to U.S. Special Envoy Sudan Princeton Lyman regarding their…
Read More The Gaatjaak Massacre: A Tragedy SPLA/M and Ethiopia-Dergue Regime kept Secret
By Sarah Thomas January 17, 2013 (SSNA) — Gaarjaak community deserves an apology from South Sudan government regarding 1984—7 massacre. On July 30th, 2011, Dr. Riek Machar, the vice president…
Read More Where is ‘Dinkacracy ‘in the Constitution of South Sudan?
By Deng Mangok Ayuel January 9, 2013 (SSNA) — I believe and I have to inform you that one tribalist in the country can transform 8 millions of men and…
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