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18/09/2023

《Monday 18 September 2023 Juba》Members of National Parliament for SPLM-IO walked out of an ordinary sitting in protest for the passing of the National Elections Act to pave ways for 2024 general elections. The members of the Parliament declared the unilateral decision by the SPLM Parliamentary Caucus to pass the National Elections Act the violation of the peace agreement.

" We call upon the guarantors of the revitalized agreement on the resolution of the conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) to immediately intervene to rescue the peace agreement," Said Nathaniel Oyet Pierino, the deputy chairman of SPLM-IO.

Nathaniel Oyet Pierino, the deputy chairman of SPLM-IO, who doubles as the first deputy speaker of the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) told journalists in a press conference at the SPLM-IO General Secretariat this evening that the manner in which the bill was passed was a clear violation of the peace agreement.

Oyet demanded the Troika, RJMEC, AU, IGAD, and other guarantors to intervene and stop the violations perpetrated by members of the SPLM Party.

On related development, the deputy chairman of the SPLM -IO added their chairman is undergoing serious restrictions. He can't travel to other States and abroad.

" Our chairman Dr. Riek Machar has never left Juba since he came in 2020. He did not visit any State or leave the country for treatment. He is sick in Juba and he treats himself in Juba. Our chairman was invited to Wau for a conference organised by the State but he was denied, he was also invited in West Africa by one of the heads of State and he was denied; even the current ongoing UN General Assembly in New York he was invited but again denied," Oyet explained. He added that democracy is further abused by giving the president prerogative to appoint 5% of the members of Parliament.

In August, the majority SPLM Parliamentary Caucus unanimously passed the controversial national fiscal budget 2023/2024 to approve a 400 percent salary increment instead of an earlier proposed 600 percent increment for civil servant salaries.

But the SPLM-IO lawmakers in the parliament also walked out of that parliamentary sitting on the budget passing protesting the decision, saying it was not in favour of civil servants. However, the Minister of Information Mr. Michael Makuei Lueth rubbished move as political propaganda.

© Juba Independent

18/09/2023

Breaking News
《Monday 18 September 2023 Juba》SPLM - IO MPs break silence citing their chairman Dr. Riak Machar has always been denied travel both within and internationally including going for treatment.

The question is why would there be restrictions when parties to the conflict are for peace

© Juba Independent

14/09/2023

Juba woke up to chilling drizzling weather. Everyone must go to work.

13/09/2023

《Facts about African History》The Maji Maji Rebellion.
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The Maji Maji war lasted from 1905 until 1907 and was one of the biggest wars against colonial powers in Africa. The Maji Maji Uprising in Tanganyika was one of the most significant African challenge to German colonial rule when the German had colony.

The Uprising lasted two years and involved people over 10,000 square miles (Tanganyika is modern-day Tanzania). Tanzania 🇹🇿 was acquired largely through the efforts of the German Colonization Society, founded by Dr. Karl Peters.

When Germany established its control over Tanganyika by 1898, it imposed a particularly violent regime in order to control the population, including a policy of killing kings who resisted German occupation.

This earned Peters, who was now the Tanganyika colonial governor, the name “Milkono wa Damu,” meaning “Man with Blood on His Hands.”

Throughout this period of German occupation the African population was also subjected to high taxation and a system of forced labor, whereby they were required to grow cotton and build roads for their European occupiers.

The oppressive regime bred discontent among the Africans, and resentment reached a fever pitch in 1905 when drought hit the region. A prophet—Kinjikitile Ngwale—emerged, who claimed to know the secret to a sacred liquid that could repel German bullets called “Maji Maji,”.

Thus, armed with arrows, spears, and doused with Maji Maji water, the first warriors of the rebellion began to move against the Germans, attacking at first only small German outposts, such as at Samanga, and destroying cotton crops.

The rebellion spread throughout the colony, eventually involving 20 different ethnic groups all of whom wished to dispel the German colonizers. As such it was the first significant example of interethnic cooperation in the battle against colonial control.

The apex of the rebellion came at Mahenge in August 1905 where several thousand Maji Maji warriors attacked but failed to overrun a German stronghold. On October 21, 1905 the Germans retaliated with an attack on the camp of the unsuspecting Ngoni people who join the rebellion.

The Germans killed hundreds of men, women, and children. This attack marked the beginning of a brutal counteroffensive that left an estimated 75,000 Maji Maji warriors dead by 1907. The Germans also adopted famine as a weapon, destroying the crops of Maji Maji supporters.

Although the Maji Maji Uprising was ultimately unsuccessful, it forced Kaiser Wilhelm’s government in Berlin to institute reforms in their African colonies as they realized the potential cost of their brutality.

Furthermore, the uprising would become an inspiration for later 20th Century freedom fighters who called for similar interethnic unity as they struggled against European colonial rule. The Germans ended up torturing and killing thousands of unarmed people in now Tanzania.

13/09/2023

《Wednesday Septmber 13, 2023 - Juba》 Excessive use of power has put the Acting Mayor of Juba City Council Mr. Emmanuel Khemis in danger of impeachment.

The lawmakers at the National Transitional Assembly were outrageous by actions of the Acting Mayor of Juba that put the leadership of country to shame after he assaulted vendors at Seven-Days-Run-about in Juba.

Following the viral two minutes video that circulated on social media, the parliamentarian at the National Legislative Assembly in their sitting today demanded the Governor of Central Equatoria State to immediate remove the Acting Mayor from his duties.

Mach Thon, a lawmaker representing Upper Nile in Nasir County described the actions of the Mayor as inhuman and against the law. "Threatening vendors and carrying a pistol does not reflect the picture of South Sudan. If somebody is accused, we laws that can be referred to for lawful arrest and trial," he added.

Thon further cited chapters 18 and 19 of South Sudan Transitional Contitution stipulates against torture, harassment, intimidation, and humiliation of anyone and these articles were violated by the Acting Mayor.

In a similar response, the lawmakers in the Legislative Assembly of the City Council ordered the Mayor to appear before the August House for questioning.

It still remain to be seen whether the Governor of Central Equatoria State would respect the demands of the MPs from National Legislative Assembly.

© Juba Independent

03/09/2023

South Sudan is staged to host the first National Economic conference, under the Theme: " Towards a Diversified, Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth"

The Official Opening is scheduled to take place on Monday 4th September 2023 at Freedom Hall. Time: 9:00am.

It will be followed by the plenaries discussions on the 5th, 6th and 7th in Radisson Blu Hotel.

02/09/2023

Facts about Africa.

Do you know that only 8 countries in Africa print their currency.

They are :

1) Morocco 🇲🇦
2) Egypt 🇪🇬
3) Algeria 🇩🇿
4) Nigeria 🇳🇬
5) Kenya 🇰🇪
6) South Africa 🇿🇦
7) Sudan 🇸🇩
8) DRC 🇨🇩

01/09/2023

MILITARY TAKE OVER IN GABON:

Army officers in Gabon appear on national TV to announce taking over power from president Ali Bongo. The defiant army nullifies president Ali Bongo's election win ending his family's 53-year rule.

In recent years West Africa have been marred with numerous coups.

01/09/2023

BREAKING NEWS:

31 August 2023: President Salva Kiir Mayardit appoints Amb. Dr. James Pitia Morgan as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperations replacing the Acting Minister Deng Dau Deng.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is a cabinet-level government ministry responsible for the implementation and management of South Sudan's foreign policy and international activity.

Prior to his sacking, Deng served as the Acting Minister from March 2023. He hails from Twic County of Jonglei State.

Amb. Morgan is a high figure within the South Sudan government right from the liberation struggle serving in various portfolios. Before being entrusted with new assignment he has been serving as the South Sudan Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union.

Amb. Morgan comes from the Equatoria region particularly from the Nyepo Community of Kajo Keji County. Nyepo is one of the tribes of South Sudan found in the northern part of the county and they they border Juba and Lainya Counties.

He becomes the first person from the Nyepo Community to serve as a National Minister since independence.

Juba Independent

28/08/2023

BREAKING NEW: HISTORY

South Sudan get their first FIBA World Cup victory over China in a thrilling match on 28th August 2023.

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25/08/2023

South Sudan Basketball 🏀 Team (The Bright Stars) will play their first ever World Cup in Manilla the capital city of Philippines on 26 October 2023 at 10:00 CAT.

South Sudan is the hope for the whole continent in this tournament.

What are your expectations being represented in international sports.

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