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The National Press Club South Sudan, a non-profit and non-governmental media organization, is conducting a three-day media laws workshop involving different stakeholders in Wau, Western Bahr al Ghazal State.

There have been a lot of debates and counter debates on the possibility of South Sudan conducting its first national general elections since its independence in 2011. The legitimacy of the government since 2015 continues to survive on endless power-sharing Peace Agreements, the political leaders continue to undermine and underrate the fundamental power of the people of South Sudan.

Prolonged armed conflicts, displacement, and refugee experiences have shaped the history of South Sudanese women. Women and girls bear the brunt of the successive civil wars since the 1950s. They are often subjected to gender-based and sexual abuses, intimidation, poverty, and unimaginable suffering by armed forces. However, amid war, displacement, and societal destructions, South Sudanese women find ways to improve their conditions and confront patriarchal tendencies, sociocultural, economic, a...

South Sudanese authorities have arbitrarily detained two government critics since mid-2021 on dubious charges.

South Sudan remains heavily reliant on oil revenues but the extraction of this resource has resulted in major environmental damage and great human suffering.

This article seeks to address the controversial arguments being made by many regarding the incorporation of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) into the Transitional Constitution, as well as the challenges to do with alterations of laws, disappearances of Bills passed by the legislature and such occurrences that have been recurrent in South Sudan.

This briefing paper draws on the work of our organizations over the last decade and credible secondary sources, including UN reports. It proposes ten priorities that should form the basis of a comprehensive human rights agenda that are based on South Sudan’s existing obligations in the Bill of Rights, international and regional law treaties, customary law, and the human rights reforms in the R-ARCSS.

In an Analysis and Commentary published by The United States Institute of Peace titled “South Sudan’s people have spoken on peace. Is anyone listening? A recently concluded National Dialogue creates opportunities that U.S. policymakers should not ignore”, David Deng, a South Sudanese-American human rights lawyer, researcher, and author, and Ola Mohajer, USIP Senior Program Officer, Sudan, and South Sudan argued that “The results of the National Dialogue offer one set of answers to ...

The SSPDF has said that its officers and men who will not obey a presidential decree banning soldiers from participating in politics, community organizations, and spreading propaganda among others will be punished in accordance with the law.

About three weeks ago, the media reported that First Vice President Dr Riek Machar has suggested a change of the country's name from South Sudan to the People's Republic of Sudan. According to Eye Radio, "Dr. Riek personally suggested that the People's Republic of Sudan would match the originality of Sudan in relation to its history with the people."