Is President Kiir Preparing for War - Again? (Updated)

Wau area, Fertit land - Western Bahr el Ghazal (June 2016) *

In Wau during 2014, President Kiir said:

“We are not for war. We want peace and reconciliation to prevail among ourselves as one nation with one people,” he told the assembled crowd in Wau’s main square.

“I am the president of the Republic of South Sudan, I do not want my people to continue dying day and night,” he added. . .

“No one should kill Nuer people. If you really support me, do not kill them in my name. If you do that, you are killing me because you are all my people,” he said.

(Wau, 16 July 2014, Sudan Tribune, link)


It has bewildered me, and consumed me for days, weeks now - why is Peace and process not prevailing - why any attempt at true implementation is so painfully hard to occur in a nation rocked by two civil wars within 15 years, hunger, economic collapse and international shame/isolation.

Once adored by nations near and far, a magnet for celebrities and on the tongue of people everywhere in admiration.

Now, an international pariah, thrown to the bottom of most UN and global indicators in development or advancement, yet nr. 1 in crime in Africa; chaos; poor health and death of birthing mothers/infants under 5 - no longer able to blame Khartoum or being a "baby" nation for these failures.

What could be the reason(s) this young nation refuses to feed its starving people, clothe them and guide the country to prosperity?

Only one answer reveals itself:

It thirsts for war...that is the revelation which came early Saturday morn, at breakfast as I learned that the Juba massacres of 13, 14 and 15 December 2013 were being repeated in the Wau area (Yambio next?)

The town of Wau is now under a state of emergency, people flee (link), declared by the SPLA (the Army) without the knowledge of the state government or its governor who spoke to the media yesterday
morning, and was replaced by Presidential decree by 8:30 that night. And now arrested, see

South Sudan security arrests ex-Wau governor after dismissal - link

As I write civilians are being murdered at their homes, by all reports, even the Red Cross is asking for mercy, see

Fighting in Wau, South Sudan: Red Cross calls for civilians to be spared - link


You, dear Reader, must be saying 'No, this cannot be so Abu Deng . . . how, why, President Kiir has said on TV, local and international he will not go back to war' - Yet Wau is real, see:

from David John's Facebook page

David John feeling disappointed.

21 hrs · 

I can't sleep because my family, friends n relatives r being targeted, houses burnt, harassed n killed by our own South Sudanese government these moments right in Wau town . . .

Or

Check with JMEC - oh I forgot even the agreed upon ceasefire monitors are being prevented from  seeing sites in the country, according to the JMEC Head President Mogae, see

Ceasefire monitors denied access in Juba, Yambio - link

And in Juba at the Jebel cantonment site, it is surrounded on all sides by the Army, roving patrols at night of army and national security personnel ready to strike, to massacre all perhaps: yet soldiers and civilians (many families onsite, small children even babies - last weekend the first child was born on theJuba Jebel cantonment site, supervised by Madame Angelina Machar Teny.

Now, given Wau events I fear all - Men, Women and newborns at the Jebel site - are prime targets for slaughter!!! Note the treatment of civilians in Wau:

A source in Wau town told Radio Tamazuj at around 11pm that an unknown number soldiers well armed with sticks, clubs and rifles marched to a Fertit area and went from house to house.

"At around 5 p.m. they started beating anyone who is not looking like Dinka at Nazareth area, Hai Kosti, Suk Jou Bazia Jedid, and so on there were gunshots and confusion who is fighting who... many civilians ran outside the town opposite direction of town center,” a source said.

(Wau, 24 June 2016, Radio Tamazuj, see link)

I am greatly distressed by the Wau tragedy as well as saddened at the developments or really lack of such, of no Transitional Parliament; No 'Non-Kiir' Supporters (FDs, IO, NA) returned to their pre-war Civil Service jobs; No cantonment sites in Eastern Equatoria, Western Bahr el Ghazal; No 28 State committee advancement beyond its title - all agreed on by President Kiir, FVP Dr. Machar and VP Wani Igga in May tripartite meetings - yet the President refuses to sign off on the minutes of these agreements, to authorise ministers to activate key processes that begin implementation of these  formerly huge barriers in the peace process.

And by no means am I alone in my sadness:

1.   It is with a heavy heart that I address you today.

2.   After the announcement by the Presidency that agreement had been reached on a number of issues, including the establishment of the Boundary Commission, reinstatement of civil servants, release of prisoners of war and detainees, cantonment sites, and the expanded Transitional National Legislative Assembly, I had hoped that there would be more progress. On the contrary, I regret to report that the progress I had expected has not materialized. If anything, the Parties are further apart.

3.   There appears to be a stalemate that now threatens the implementation of the entire Agreement. From my consultations with the Parties over the past two days, there is no common understanding of the terms of reference of the proposed Commission on the number of States; as well as on the issue of cantonment sites.    
(23 June 2016 - JMEC Chair Jestus Mogae - Opening Statement)


All are disappointed in this nation of ours - all, except those with bank accounts in Equity Bank and others...transferring the nation's wealth to all parts of the world.

It is very clear if you read this 38 section/13 page opening statement from the Joint Peace Monitoring body that Peace is not really on the agenda, just excuses, outright obstruction, manipulation and lies (New York Times op-Ed; Troika letter)...here are some of the failures pointed out by JMEC in its recent statement:

• No Transitional Parliament
• No NLA Speaker
• No progress in National Constitutional Amendment Committee (NCAC)
• No progress on 28 States Boundaries Committee
• No cooperation with CTSAMM Monitoring and Verification Teams (impediments/intimidation)
• No progress in National Architecture and the Joint Military Ceasefire Commission
• No progress at Strategic Defence and Security Review Board (no quorum)
• No progress on Relief and Rehabilitation Commission
• No progress on Refugees Commission
• No progress on Peace Commission                
• No progress on Special Reconstruction Fund Board

AND

• No progress on Truth, Healing and Reconciliation Commission; 
• No Progress on Hybrid Court for South Sudan (HCSS); and 
• No progress on Compensation and Reparations Authority

Source: JMECChair Opening Statement, see link


The violence, murder, war - currently going on in Wau is proof that the answer to my question is Yes,  civil war seems to be on the horizon, again!

What do we as People, as a community have to do to force a stop to war, to demand a continuation of  the implementation process Mr. President?

Mr. President: Is this Jieng Council of Elders so powerful, so insidious that you have no other option but to dishonour your word; taint your legacy beyond repair - Someone help, read these heartfelt words, this plea to our Joshua, a man who can save South Sudan from burning like Wau so he may know Peace is wanted so much in this land stained by blood.

 Wau burning - Again! (January 2016) 

Or,

Is the problem, Warmonger Ministers, like the deeply abrasive and deceptive Michael Makuei; or General Paul Malong - architect of the December 2013 war - pushing for the extermination of all Nuer, all native Peoples of Equatoria, with foreign mercenary help?

Suffice to say all know the truth now (see JMEC statement, link) and who to blame if a new civil war starts again, if even I, Abu  Deng am murdered now in Juba for speaking truth, a needed truth!


Update:

This is a message from a colleague on his family in Wau:

A 15 year old niece of my wife just sent messages about how precarious the situation is in Wau, with them locked in their house and fear of starvation to death, after two days of no eating. 

This morning a Kenyan friend of mine who sent me an email reporting what his cousin working for an international NGO is Wau disclosed to him. He said his cousin told of how soldiers of one ethnic group are carrying out targeting killings of anybody who is not from their tribe. The guy also reported that they were about to be evacuated to Nairobi . . . We have relatives of the victims in that    picture in AD's blog...

Another message from a high-ranking political figure:

At the Church service this morning at All Saints Cathedral, Juba; Bishop Moses Deng of the Episcopal Diocese of Wau gave a graphic account of the extent of pillage and ransacking; as well as the deliberate civilian devastation based on ethnicity in Wau. I also have just spoken to the sister-in-law of my elder brother who has now managed to take shelter with UNMISS at their Protection of Civilians facility in Wau who has confirmed the same. While screaming in horror, she could not imagine if the seams of our social fabric could be mended again. She is anxious about the safety of her relatives who have not reached the facility as yet. So, Maburuk to SPLM-IG that it is "mision cumplida" at last: POC in Juba, POC in Malakal, and now POC in Wau! As if the extreme destruction of lives, livelihoods, and infrastructure in Upper Nile and Equatoria wasn't sufficient enough to justify the reversal we have suffered as a nation, some genius somewhere thought it was wise to take these crises further to engulf Bahr el Ghazal.

The UN Secretary General has asked warring parties to stop fighting in Wau - link

“The Secretary-General calls on all fighting forces to immediately suspend the hostilities, provide access to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and cooperate with humanitarian partners to facilitate the delivery of assistance. He urges all parties to agree to dialogue to resolve their political disputes,” said a statement attributable to the office of Mr. Ban's spokesperson.

Finally, the end is not the end, the Information Minister of South Sudan Mr. Michael Makuei has told the world that the violence said by eyewitnesses and NGOs to be done soldiers - was actually committed by a new group in Wau led by Ali Tarmim Fartak, who is leading an Islamic Fundamentalist movement there. A lies says local Wau leaders.

According to the Info Minister, the group's fighters include some from Uganda's Lord Resistance Army, as well as members of Sudan's Janjaweed....really, this seems fantastical and over-the-top in the style of Mr. Makuei (a comical Ali understudy!)

So, is this an attempt to gain favour with the West: hey, look we killed some terrorists, AND a few civilians, children, raped some women too, but we took out some terrorists OR an ignorant and failed attempt to cover up war atrocities which the UN Security Council termed yesterday as possible war crimes, see Security Council Press Statement on Fighting in Wau, South Sudan, the link

The problem for Mr. Makuei and the current quasi-government (minus a transitional Legislature and judiciary - delayed so President Kiir can choose the Speaker, not the Legislature as its rules dictate, see link) IS this:

while the government said officially 43 are dead, maybe 50 in recent updates AND only 1000 were displaced -Yet, the UN Security Council says this:

The members of the Security Council expressed deep alarm at the fighting in Wau, South Sudan, which broke out on 24 June and has resulted in the displacement of an estimated 70,000 people, including 12,000 sheltering near the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) base in Wau. 

The members of the Security Council called on all armed actors immediately to cease hostilities and allow UNMISS and humanitarian access to civilians in need, including a school where 9,000 civilians are reportedly sheltering.

Thousands are displaced...it is revealed!

Hundreds possibly dead..."We don’t yet know how many people were killed, but dead bodies are still lying in the streets." #MSF see link

Therefore this tragedy seems a window in the 'old' government ways, one uncaring for its people, seen by the hungry masses and homeless...time for change!!!

TIME FOR 'REAL' PEACE . . .


                                                               the end

* Photo source: https://www.facebook.com/Krikujububu?

Abu Deng's Analysis of the Process for the South Sudan Parliamentary Speaker Election - Updated

This is a needed exercise due to the serious political maneuvering seen in the media and the recent trips to JMEC by a Women's delegation and one trip to Addis Ababa by VP Wani Igga - it should be made clear to all: the Rule of Law should be supreme here, now! 

So if the IGAD or JMEC or even the President of South Sudan wishes to influence/dictate to us regarding this election - this is "Our" democratic process - all should stop,

Because,

There is a clear procedure written, approved and published by the National Legislative Assembly - the NLA Conduct of Business Regulations Manual (2011) - which states in Chapter III the exact procedures for electing a new Speaker. 

Additionally, the recent Peace Agreement, hereafter known as ARCISS, states specifically that the incoming Speaker for the Transitional government or TGONU shall come from the Equatoria region of South Sudan in section 11.4 of the agreement:

• The selection of the Speaker of the TNLA, who hails from Equatoria, shall be conducted once the expansion of the membership of the Assembly is complete; 

In short: the former government, now a warring party, wrote, approved and published this NLA regulations handbook itself, including a procedure for electing a Speaker - so why now disregard its own rules and law.

The attempts by many to chose a Speaker outside the defined process is counterproductive to all that the international community has been trying to do in the nation-building experiment called The Republic of South Sudan. 

This review will focus on key issues of the electoral process that are being discussed/manipulated and repackaged into something different than what the procedures call for, so this post will focus the key themes:

• Whom shall elect the Speaker
• Agenda when electing the Speaker
• Selection/qualification of the Presiding NLA Member during election
• Form of voting required for the election of the Speaker

The excerpts in this post are taken from the above-mentioned NLA Handbook (note these are photographs - not copy-paste texts)

WHOM SHALL ELECT THE SPEAKER

The rule in this regard says simply:

• Members of the Assembly shall elect The Speaker from their number.

Clearly little interpretation or misinterpretation can happen from this well-defined sentence saying They, the members of the Legislative body of South Sudan, will elect the Speaker from among their ranks - not J1 or IGAD or AU nor the global community at large shall elect a Speaker but only the People's Representatives in the National Legislative Assembly.

One hopes the recent visit of Vice President Wani Igga to Addis Ababa was not to seek the IGAD's or Ethiopia's blessing for the IG candidate(s) because as the home of IGAD/AU and a long history of attempting to serve as a model for all African nations is too important to jeopardize over political favoritism.

Yet I hear of a Women's delegation visiting JMEC recently trying to influence this "expected" neutral monitoring body, to favor one candidate, albeit a female one - over others...

Dear JMEC Head please avoid/resist involvement in such political maneuverings for the credibility of your office will surely be questioned! Let democracy work...

Strikingly and hopefully duly noted by regional/international bodies, the chairman of the Equatoria Caucus in the NLA, Thomas Wani Kundu says the person chosen as Speaker can be from any party, just as long as he is from Equatoria:

“We need to sit together so that we can get one person… as long as he is from Equatoria,” Kundu said.

(See, South Sudan’s Equatorians begin race for parliament speaker - http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article58876)

One statement from the article above says,

The parties to the agreement have not however agreed on the mode of electing the speaker.

But of course this is not correct because a procedure on electing the Speaker is clearly defined in the Legislative Business Regulations handbook, including the form of voting...so this is a misguided notion.

Why not follow NLA's established rules and law? Why make such statements as this MP,

Last week, the chairperson for information at the parliament, Oliver Mori, said the speaker would come from the ruling SPLM party, claiming that James Wani Igga stepped down for Dr Riek Machar, an SPLM-IO.

(See, www.eyeradio.org/elections-speakership-secret-ballot-nominee/ )

News on this issue abound:

Equatoria Caucus Blames JMEC, TGoNU For Delay In Speaker Election

www.thenationmirror.com/news/south-sudan-news/1901-equatoria-caucus-blames-jmec-tgonu-for-delay-in-speaker-election

Salva Kiir wants Speaker of Parliament to be SPLM 

www.africaintelligence.com/ION/politics-power/behind-closed-doors/2016/05/06/salva-kiir-wants-speaker-of-parliament-to-be-splm

AGENDA WHEN ELECTING THE SPEAKER

Here is another key issue:

• No business shall be transacted in the Assembly, other than the election of The Speaker, when the Office of the Speaker is vacant.

The election of the Speaker is of such importance it should not be mixed with any other business of the NLA. The Assembly is expected to give this event its singularly-focused attention.

SELECTION/QUALIFICATIONS OF PRESIDING NLA MEMBER FOR SPEAKER ELECTION

Here is another key yet controversial issue, as seen in media reports.

The rule says:

• The most elderly Member of the Assembly shall serve as Presiding Officer for the election of The Speaker.

This issue has garnered attention in the media. While the "old" government/warring party wishes to select its Favorite, the current "illegal" Speaker of the NLA, the  Rt. Honorable Magok Rundial - Yet the NLA Business Procedure handbook says "The most elderly Member, who is General Peter Cirilo Swaka according to the Chairman of the Equatoria Caucus.

This is a "Rule of Law" issue, where law exists there is no need for political decisions which are more likely to cause problems, instability. Let process and regulation reign here.

FORM OF VOTING REQUIRED FOR ELECTION OF THE SPEAKER

This part is perhaps the most controversial issue of all, yet unnecessarily so given the rule is explicit,

• Subject to the provisions of Sub-Regulation (10), the election of The Speaker shall be by secret ballot.

Given this government has entered into war with itself, killing thousands of its own citizens, in the most historically brutal way, according to local, regional and international reports/sources:

It cannot be trusted to be impartial - I think not - with death squads still roaming the streets of Juba and the nation, also called 'unknown gunmen'. No one is safe even the FVP, me or even a priest - and too, after learning this week South Sudan is the number one most violent nation in Africa, over Somalia, the Congo even Nigeria...

I think secret ballot voting is fine for this coming Speaker election, it is fair and is the prescribed method for this process approved by the South Sudan National Legislative Assembly in 2011, as seen above.

Conclusion: UPDATED

If JMEC, IGAD or J1 attempts to overstep/ignore the current Speaker election process, defined in our nation's legislative regulation handbook - this will be a serious violation of process, law and even a negative bite of the "Democracy Apple" the West has been trying so desperately to tempt Africa with for over a century - and which IGAD/AU has been a guiding light for in Africa as well.

Finally, even the Greater Equatoria Community (its Caucus) agrees too the key requirement is that the incoming Speaker comes from their region of Equatoria but not from a certain party, i.e., IG, FD, IO or Independent Parties.

President Kiir admits why the Government formation is delayed: Political manuvering

Doubting loyalty of SPLM Caucus

In his speech on Wednesday, meanwhile, Kiir expressed doubts about the loyalty of his own SPLM members of parliament, suggesting that they may select a speaker of parliament whom he does not approve. 

Selection of the new speaker has delayed formation of the Transitional National Assembly. 
"Our members of the parliament who are here should go and talk among themselves. Because we are told now that why don't you put it to elections? And you have the majority. I said no, I don't want it, and even I don't trust your majority. Yes, you have two-thirds in the parliament but if one-third goes and defects, what will happen? Well they will just give it to the other side. This is what we don't want." 

"I want you really to be clear about this. And most of the adopted children are in the parliament," he said, possibly in reference to members of the party who joined SPLM only late in the liberation struggle or after it had ended. 

South Sudan's peace deal says that the speaker of the assembly must be an Equatorian. Many members of the Equatorian Caucus, including those belonging to the SPLM, boycotted key recent votes on legislation supported by Kiir, including the National Security Service bill and proposed constitutional amendments intented to legalize the Establishment Order, which created 28 controversial new states.

Votes on both of those bills failed to reach quorum, in spite of the overwhelming numerical majority of SPLM in the assembly.

Chapter I, Article 11.4 of the peace deal states, "The selection of the Speaker of the TNLA, who hails from Equatoria, shall be conducted once the expansion of the membership of the Assembly is complete."

It further states that the duration and term of the transitional assembly shall run concurrently with the transitional government. According to some MPs who are critical of the delay forming the new assembly, this means that currently South Sudan has no legal parliament.

So the President is playing pure politics, trying to position his (IG) party to obtain the Speaker position while the nation starves waiting for the new government to be formed! 

Let Process rule Mr. President...and Democracy! Let the Legislative Assembly vote, as proscribed: under a secret ballot with its most senior NLA member presiding while no other business is being conducted (FULL STOP), as its rules dictate...

That is the Law of South Sudan - honour it please! 

Let "The People's Representatives" Choose . . .

Source:

Obstruction, Inconsistencies and Lies, the foundation of the Transitional Government of South Sudan

It is with great sadness and a heavy heart I share this news related to the unfortunate outcomes of war, bad governance: a father shot himself dead after his children died from starvation just outside Juba town in the New Site area yesterday, Monday, 20 June 2016 - see link

God Bless his Soul and his children - may they know Peace . . .


This is my first blogg in ages, months, over a year in fact - in part due to the pressure and threat to my family based now in Africa and which I am now separated from - in part due to this terrible costly war but I push on towards justice, democracy, accountability and PEACE...

I have been promising to write a blogg post for a while since my arrival in Juba but because of their impact I waited, to watch and see if the Government of South Sudan would honour its promise of:

• Peace
• Prosperity
• Cessation of Hostilities
• Reconciliation
• A Transitional Government of National Unity

Yet, after 55 days; delay after delay occur, resulting in no 'real' progress besides a government shell minus a legislative body and a judiciary (free from relatives of the executive branch).

The recent announcement of all/most of the transitional government issues resolved was a publicity stunt, a circus act meant to lure in international donors to drop some quarters into the pockets of the numerous officials with wifes/girlfriends to maintain at home and abroad in regional capitals, oh, plus school fees for both dependent groups!

It has become clear that desperation is thick in the clouds over Juba with the recent New York Times op-ed fiasco, see my recent analysis on this farce.

Bottom line is Juba needs cash, and willing to do anything to get some dollars.

For me, the delays shows a lack of serious intent (code word for:  obstruction) on the former government's part in my view and it seems Dear "Friends" that the carrot must be withdrew and replaced with a Teddy Roosevelt-size Stick - IF nothing happens today positively in the Council of Ministers...I have several obstructors I've been monitoring for some time, as well some names which I need to send to the recently named Human Rights Council special body reporting on human rights in South Sudan...

This is a short piece - to the point: while thousands suffer from hunger, insecurity, dirty water and no medical care The President refuses to sign agreed upon Council of Ministers Resolutions so implementation can occur...

Add too, yesterday's tragic suicide by a father/soldier who felt he had no reason to live
without his children, his family - yet his bosses and local officials ignored his plea for help.

Why???

While hunger grips our soldiers and the nation with an iron fist; the President, his Advisors and the Elites dine on fine food... I saw his new and controversial Army Spokesman Lul Ruai Koang out eating roasted meat while entertaining numerous guests - yet,

Our young children under age five are dying daily of hunger and simple ailments; our Junub brain surgeons murdered in their bedrooms, see the second article below from intercept.com for a moving and tragic portrait of life in Juba for the ordinary and the Elite.

Dear Western Friends

Do not give a Juba a dime, a cent until a real government is established (A /the Transtional Parliament; an unbiased Judiciary, untainted by family connections); ministry managers, officials and staff from all parties and true cooperation/governance occurs.

Some examples below to give insight into the character of the current government's leadership and the depths of despair in the nation for all, high and low:

1) Who Wrote the New York Times Op-ed? See link

1a) Who wrote that South Sudan op-ed? The New York Times isn’t sure. See link

2) In South Sudan, It’s Hard to Tell the Soldiers From the Criminals - (A Must Read!!!)

See link

3) JMEC chair says disturbed by 'harassment' of UN Women by Makuei - see link

3a) 'I will shut down the UN' says South Sudan's information minster - see link

4) A new global scandal has broken - involving the Spokesman and his tricks!

The Presidential Spokesman is now involved a new scandal, he apparently told a media house in an interview on Monday, 21 June about receiving a letter from the Troika (US, UK and Norway), demanding the firing of the Finance Minister and the Head of the Central Bank (BOSS) before these allies would transfer any money to the South.

However, by Tuesday, Troika was issuing a statement denying any such letter, and 4 hours later Mr. Ateny on his Facebook page was denying making such claims, instead putting the blame on EyeRadio as the source of the letter and it alleged contents. But, On Wednesday EyeRadio released a transcript of the conversation between the Presidential Spokesperson and its reporter Rosemary Alfred and the audio, judge the yourself but lies and inconsistencies abound again, like with the New York Times op-ed supposedly written by the President and the First Vice President:

The alleged Troika letter: Eye Radio reacts - see link


As, well, the Sudan Tribune has explored the issue well exposing this case:

Audio: Eye Radio challenges S. Sudan presidential spokesman on Troika letter - see link


Note: one of the hallmarks of this government is its selective use of the Rule of Law when it seems to fit the government's agenda. It makes a mockery of democracy and justice, case in point, a presidential decree in late April ended the old government, including all organs and branches, but today the "old" Parliament operates, as well as the Judiciary. How, on what legal basis?

What about the recent transfer of ministries, in the ten opposition ones most of the assets was taken/stolen, meaning computers, vehicles, even files - places like the Ministry of Interior were stripped bare!!!

(Expect a "shadow" national security apparatus me thinks in the South now).

So where is the law here, why no charges of unlawful possession of government  assets? No prison for those taking sensitive files and equipment!


DONORS'  FATIGUE DUE TO INCOMPETENCE, MISMANAGEMENT AND GRAFT

Can you hear the silence from J1...word is the Council of Ministers is going to authorise
the repurchase of more vehicles for incoming ministries (Car-gate scandal coming we should expect).

So is that right, this government is going to let former ministers and officials just take cars and other government property without recourse - legal or otherwise AND at the same time  ask Western donors to fund such folly???

These and other acts (like not signing CoM resolutions by our Dear President) since April 2016 amount to obstruction to the peace plan.

And now the infamous Sudanese rebel group JEM in Lol State - South Sudan, what will Sudan say after so many promises from the Juba government it does/will not support Sudanese rebels - lies and inconsistencies abound everywhere even today it seems.

Let us wait for the outcome of the Council of Ministers meeting  and the "required" signatory action by President Kiir - soon, hopefully, given the suicide of a grieving father over the loss of his children due to starvation, AND the recent new that South Sudan has the highest inflation rate currently in the world at 295 percent, according to our national statistics bureau!


On JEM, visit JEM forces enter Raja, governor back in town, see link

GLOBAL CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS COMING?


For those interested in the criminal possibilities of non-cooperation, a global asset recovery mechanism is in place for the missing BILLIONS, even President Kiir has asked for help and it is here, working - BE WARNED!


You cannot pay those mistresses' rents from Den Hague (FYI, if you check my Blogg visitor's log you will see one of the top nations viewing my site is Netherlands, the home of international court. Yes, think about it!!!


OBSTRUCT AT YOUR OUR RISK...


As well, the United Nations Human Rights Council has just chosen the members of the South Sudan HR Monitoring body; their credentials are impressive:

Ms. Yasmin Sooka (South Africa) is a leading human rights lawyer. She is currently the Executive Director of the Foundation for Human Rights in South. Ms. Sooka served on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 1996-2001 and chaired the committee responsible for the final report from 2001-2003. She was appointed by the United Nations to serve on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Sierra Leone from 2002-2004. Since 2000, she has also been a member of the Advisory Body on the Review of Resolution 1325. In July 2010, Ms. Sooka was appointed to the three-member Panel of Experts advising the Secretary General on accountability for war crimes committed during the final stages of the war in Sri Lanka.

Mr. Kenneth Scott (United States) is a researcher on South Sudan with Amnesty International. He was appointed Amicus Curiae Prosecutor at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on 4 March 2014. Mr. Scott was previously a senior prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from 1998-2011. Prior to his work with ICTY, Mr. Scott was an Assistant United States Attorney and Chief of the Complex Prosecutions Section in the prosecution office, focusing primarily on complex white-collar and financial crimes from 1985-1997. He has also taught international law, constitutional law and the U.S. judicial system at U.S. universities.

Mr. Godfrey M Musila (Kenya) is currently a legal consultant for Avocats sans Frontieres established by the Ugandan judiciary. From 2015-2016, he served as the head of International Criminal Law Research Program at International Nuremberg Principles Academy in Germany. He was a lead researcher at African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan (AUCISS) in 2014. As the director of Kenyan Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) in 2010, he conceptualised and authored several chapters on the said topic. Mr. Musila is also an experienced lecturer on international law, international criminal law and human rights law at universities in Africa including Kenya and South Africa.

The End, plus a start! (of Justice)




Abu Deng