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 Salva Kiir Mayardiit met with the UN General Secretary, They discussed peace implementation.

File: President Salva Kiir Mayardiit and UN Secretary General Mr. Antonio Guterres in New York City United States of America. 


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South Sudanese president, His Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardiit today met with the UN General Secretary Mr. Antonio Guterres and they discussed about the implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement and the 2022 Roadmap.


Th UN Chief reiterated the importance of conducting credible elections in South Sudan in December 2024. 


The meeting also discussed the country’s progress in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.


The Secretary-General commended South Sudan’s efforts to resolve the conflict in Sudan. 


President Salva Kiir Mayardiit and Mr. Guterres further discussed the impacts of the conflict in the Sudan, on South Sudan, the sustainability of humanitarian assistance and coordinated regional and international endeavours to end the conflict.


Impacts of Sudan conflict in South Sudan. 

The Sudan conflict which began in mid April 2023 when rival military forces in Sudan clashed, the clash led to the delay of the implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement in South Sudan. 


The clashes in Sudan did strain the capacity of South Sudan to receive thousands of victims fleeing the violence across the northern border and could cripple the economy. 

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