Opinion: Articles 54 and 55 of the NSS Act: A Threat to Everyone in South Sudan

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  Deng Bol Aruai.  Top News: Breaking News: President Salva Kiir has dismissed the Commissioner General of National Revenue Authority, Hon. Africana Mande, and appointed Hon. Simon Akuei Deng as his replacement President Kiir Strengthens Ties: Receives Credentials from Six New Ambassadors Top Five (5) Best Performing Ministries In South Sudan SPLA-IO Faction Rejects New Western Bahr el Ghazal Governor Amid Leadership Dispute By Deng Bol Aruai Bol, South Sudan is in a strange and troubling place. It often feels like a theater where rumors, propaganda, and misinformation are produced, consumed, and then sometimes turned into law.  What starts as whispers on the street often becomes policy, leaving citizens questioning how such decisions come to pass. Articles 54 and 55 of the National Security Service (NSS) Act are the latest chapters in this unsettling narrative.  These provisions, which give the NSS sweeping powers to arrest, detain, monitor communications, and conduct searches without

PRESIDENT KIIR ENGAGES WITH SUDANESE POLITICAL FORCES AND CIVIL SOCIETY FOR PEACEFUL RECONCILIATION

File: President Kiir addressing the Sudanese political forces and civil society organization in juba South Sudan. 


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President Salva Kiir Mayardit met  with  Sudanese political forces and civil society organizations on Saturday to discuss the political situation in Sudan.


In his remarks, National Advisor for Security Affairs, Tut Gatluak Manime said  peace in Sudan should be achieved through  dialogue and peaceful reconciliation, particularly with the support of the political forces.


The Governor of Darfur region, Minni Arko Minawi said the Sudanese people need long-term goals to find an amicable solution.


President Kiir reiterated his commitment to mediating the conflict in Sudan and renewed his call for warring parties to end the war in Sudan.


How did the Sudanese clashes Started: 

The violent clashes started exactly on April 15th, 2023, violent clashes erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, resulting in the displacement of over 3.3 million people, including internally displaced people (IDPs), asylum seekers and refugees.


Why the violent clashes in Sudan? 

The conflict is primarily a power struggle between the leaders of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and a powerful paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).


What is happening now in Sudan?

There have been reports of extrajudicial killings, ethnic violence, and widespread hunger, with a former UN humanitarian coordinator describing what is happening in Sudan as having “all the signature characteristics of genocide”. 


Peace talks had to be  suspended last month as both sides continued to violate ceasefire agreement. 


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