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 met with the Lou Nuer Youth Leaders

File: President and the Lou Youth Leaders. 


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President Salva Kiir Mayardit met with youth leaders from Lou Nuer, who promised to support his nomination as the SPLM Presidential flag bearer for 2024 elections. 


Speaking to the Press, the Deputy Governor of Jonglei State, Jacob Akec Dengdit said the youth pledged to maintain peace and stability for the betterment of the country.


Dengdit noted that the youth requested the government to build roads and network to enhance connectivity in the areas.


Brief info about the Lou Nuer. 


Our colonizers mainly the British added the word Nuer to Lou in the early 20th Century inorder to distinguish them from the Lou section of Dinka in the greater Bahr El Ghazal. 


The first generation of Lou people who led the migration journey from Chieng-Tang was Yocnuach set age marked in 1805, born around 1780s.


The Lou-Nuer inhabits the valley of Western Sobat and Pibor Rivers, in general covering the Eastern Jonglei State and marking the International border with Ethiopia along the western Akobo and Pibor Rivers. 

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