Vice President Riek Machar

new wave of repression in response to calls for peaceful protests

South Sudan: End New Wave Of Repression Against Peaceful Protests

Photos: Wikimedia Commons\YouTube South Sudanese authorities have arrested civil society activists and a politician and closed down a radio station and an academic think-tank, ...

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Museveni’s Eroding Pillars of Dictatorship: Terror, Diplomatic Cover, Foreign Financial Support

Riding the back of the tiger. Gen. Kayihura with generalissimo–before Museveni threw him under the bus.   [Saturday Morning Commentary] This is my Saturday ...

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Petition: Guterres Don’t Let Museveni Use U.N. to Politicize Suffering of South Sudan Refugees

Secretary General Guterres. Photo–Flickr A PETITION The United Nations. New York City Dear Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Visit the South Sudanese refugees but don’t ...

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Waiting On UN’s Ban Ki-Moon For Answers About Contractual Arrangements Between United Nations And Incoming GA President Sam Kutesa’s Company, ENHAS

Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon [Editorial Commentary] Five days ago The Black Star News contacted The United Nations spokesperson and raised the issue of potential ...

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South Sudan ‘Rebels’ Take Oil City After Desertions — Report

Salva Kiir February 19, 2014 (JUBA) – A high ranking military official claimed on Wednesday that an internal conspiracy within the ranks of the ...

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South Sudan: Museveni – Peacemaker By Day And Combatant By Night

Gen. Museveni, Uganda’s ruler [Commentary: South Sudan]   Within days of the outbreak of the violence in mid-December, the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) ...

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South Sudan: U.S. For Second Day In A Row Asks Kiir To Free Machar Allies

Machar and Kiir in better days. Room for only one hat in South Sudan? [News: Africa] For the second day in a row during ...