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 heads to Moscow for Bilateral talks with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin

President Kiir, talking to Dr. Riek Machar before jetting off to Russia.  


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President Salva Kiir Mayardiit today on Wednesday traveled to Russia for bilateral talks with the Russian President Vladimir Putin. 


The two heads of state, will explore the prospects of various bilateral cooperation between South Sudan and Russia. 


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Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, the Minister of Presidential Affairs said that, the meeting will focus also uplifting the arms embargo imposed on South Sudan. 


The talks will also look into uplighting the sanctions imposed on some high ranking officials in the country. 


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The visit will give the two countries an opportunity  to strengthen their ties and discuss areas of cooperation, such as trade, investment, and security.


Russia, also known as the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. 


Russia, is the largest country in the world by area and it extends across eleven time zones, and it shares land boundaries with fourteen '14' different countries. 

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