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 returns to Juba after an official visit to Uganda

File: President Kiir and President Museveni of Uganda. 

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South Sudan President His Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit has returned back to Juba after one day working visit to Uganda. 


Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. James Pita Morgan said the two leaders discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations and matters of regional dimension. 


The Principals expressed their commitment to restore regional stability and pledged to double efforts aimed at resolving the Sudanese crisis through dialogue and diplomacy.


The meeting was attended by Uganda’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Henry Okello Oryem, the Director General- External Security Organization (ESO), Ambassador Joseph Ocwet.


While the South Sudan delegation included Hon. Barnaba Marial Benjamin -Minister of Presidential Affairs, Hon. Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro- Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Hon. Dr. James Pitia Morgan- Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, among others


President Kiir was received by the First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny and other senior government officials.

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