*The Omar al-Bashir regime’s history with assassination attempts on leaders - Part 7*
Who are the other key Bashir & NCP regime’s allies that still remain influential around Salva Kiir & within the government of South Sudan, following Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s removal from power?
Who are the other key Bashir & NCP regime’s allies that still remain influential around Salva Kiir & within the government of South Sudan, following Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s removal from power?
*Tor Deng Mawien*
Tor Deng Mawien is a maternal cousin of Salva Kiir; and a Dinka tribesman from the former Warrap State of the Greater Bahr El Ghazal region of #SouthSudan.
During the 21 years of civil war in the #Sudan from 1983 to 2005, Mawien was an important member of...
Tor Deng Mawien is a maternal cousin of Salva Kiir; and a Dinka tribesman from the former Warrap State of the Greater Bahr El Ghazal region of #SouthSudan.
During the 21 years of civil war in the #Sudan from 1983 to 2005, Mawien was an important member of...
...the National Congress Party (NCP) of Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
Mawien was made a local government inspector in Gogrial by Bashir; Gogrial being the home County of Salva Kiir.
When he was a Commissioner of Gogrial County: Mawien had a Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA)...
Mawien was made a local government inspector in Gogrial by Bashir; Gogrial being the home County of Salva Kiir.
When he was a Commissioner of Gogrial County: Mawien had a Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA)...
...Commander in the area captured, and subsequently executed using unscrupulous methods synonymous with the NCP regime of Bashir.
After the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed and after the killing of Dr. John Garang De Mabior - and with the leadership of...
After the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed and after the killing of Dr. John Garang De Mabior - and with the leadership of...
...Salva Kiir who took over as President of Southern Sudan following the death of Garang - Mawien was made the Deputy Speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly of Southern Sudan in Juba.
During the General Election of Sudan in 2010, and in preparation for the...
During the General Election of Sudan in 2010, and in preparation for the...
...Independence Referendum of South Sudan in 2011, Mawien was appointed by Kiir as the Governor of Warrap State - Salva Kiir’s home State. He held that position for just one year; and after South Sudan became independent on July 2011, Kiir appointed Mawien as his Presidential...
...Adviser on Decentralization. Mawien has been the Presidential Adviser on Decentralization up to today; and Kiir depends on him for many decisions that affect the governance of South Sudan. Mawien is one of the most senior members of Salva Kiir’s inner circle. He advises...
...Kiir on how to tighten his grip on power just like Omar Hassan al-Bashir used to do with the NCP in Khartoum.
Mawien has remained a loyal member of the NCP until today; and he still has strong affiliations and loyalties with the remnants of the Bashir and now illegal NCP...
Mawien has remained a loyal member of the NCP until today; and he still has strong affiliations and loyalties with the remnants of the Bashir and now illegal NCP...
...regime, which are now attempting to reverse the Northern Sudanese People’s December 2018 Revolution that ousted Bashir and his regime from power.
Mawien has always had a hidden agenda as a Southern Sudanese government official and politician; with his enduring loyalty...
Mawien has always had a hidden agenda as a Southern Sudanese government official and politician; with his enduring loyalty...
...being more towards his mother political party - i.e. the NCP and its Southern Chapter in Southern Sudan - rather than to the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM).
Tor Deng Mawien will continue to remain as Salva Kiir’s right-hand man and adviser, for as long as Kiir...
Tor Deng Mawien will continue to remain as Salva Kiir’s right-hand man and adviser, for as long as Kiir...
...remains in power as the President of South Sudan.
*Riek Gai Kok*
Riek Gai Kok is a Nuer tribesman from Akobo County of the former Jonglei State.
He is a graduate of Pharmacy from Egypt, but has never practiced as a Pharmacist following his graduation; and before he joined the SPLM/A in the late 1980s.
Riek Gai Kok is an individual who...
He is a graduate of Pharmacy from Egypt, but has never practiced as a Pharmacist following his graduation; and before he joined the SPLM/A in the late 1980s.
Riek Gai Kok is an individual who...
...commonly looks out for his own personal sociopolitical and socioeconomic interests.
When Dr. Riek Machar Teny, the current leader of the SPLM/A-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO), undertook a military coup d’état against the leadership of the SPLA/M under Dr. John Garang De Mabior...
When Dr. Riek Machar Teny, the current leader of the SPLM/A-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO), undertook a military coup d’état against the leadership of the SPLA/M under Dr. John Garang De Mabior...
...in August 1991, Kok joined Machar and became a member of Machar’s SPLM/A’s Nasir group.
The SPLM/A’s Nasir group had been in contact with the NCP regime of Omar Hassan al-Bashir, as soon as Bashir came into power in June 1989. So Machar and his SPLM/A’s Nasir group joined...
The SPLM/A’s Nasir group had been in contact with the NCP regime of Omar Hassan al-Bashir, as soon as Bashir came into power in June 1989. So Machar and his SPLM/A’s Nasir group joined...
...the Government of Sudan under Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s rule; and the two, Bashir and Machar, began to work together against the SPLM/A that was led by John Garang De Mabior, until March 2002.
Before Machar re-defected back to the SPLM/A under Garang’s leadership in 2002,...
Before Machar re-defected back to the SPLM/A under Garang’s leadership in 2002,...
...Machar began to say that he was unhappy with his action of August 1991. So whilst on a mission abroad from Sudan, Machar made a detour which took him first to Germany rather than returning back to Khartoum. From there, he contacted Garang in Nairobi, saying that he wanted...
...to meet up with him. Garang told Machar; “It's OK, come to Nairobi".
Garang already had a pre-planned visit to the United Kingdom scheduled for April 2002; and to the surprise of the SPLM/A members in the UK and in Europe, Machar became a member of Garang’s delegation when...
Garang already had a pre-planned visit to the United Kingdom scheduled for April 2002; and to the surprise of the SPLM/A members in the UK and in Europe, Machar became a member of Garang’s delegation when...
...he arrived in London.
After Machar left Khartoum, he left behind several active members of the SPLM/A’s Nasir group that had defected with him to Khartoum. Riek Gai Kok was one of them.
Whilst Kok continued to remain in Khartoum, the NCP built him up to become one of...
After Machar left Khartoum, he left behind several active members of the SPLM/A’s Nasir group that had defected with him to Khartoum. Riek Gai Kok was one of them.
Whilst Kok continued to remain in Khartoum, the NCP built him up to become one of...
...their prominent Southern Sudanese members. Kok became the President of the Southern Council, and a trusted insider of the NCP responsible for the NCP’s political affairs in Southern Sudan.
Kok was subsequently forced into having to convert into Islam from Christianity, in...
Kok was subsequently forced into having to convert into Islam from Christianity, in...
...order to have to marry a second wife - i.e. a young Muslim girl that became pregnant. He had to accept Islam so as to marry her; and to avoid the penalties of Sharia Law, following advisement from another Southern Sudanese NCP colleague. Such forms of entrapment were a...
...common practice that senior NCP officials were fond of employing, in order to hold onto and to retain the loyalty of Southern Sudanese allies.
When South Sudan became an independent Country in July 2011, Kok moved to Juba.
While living in Juba, he still held strong links...
When South Sudan became an independent Country in July 2011, Kok moved to Juba.
While living in Juba, he still held strong links...
...with Omar al- Bashir; and now with Salva Kiir too. He became a conduit between Juba and Khartoum for both the President of Sudan and the President of South Sudan.
In August 2013, he was appointed as the National Minister of Health of the Government of South Sudan by...
In August 2013, he was appointed as the National Minister of Health of the Government of South Sudan by...
...Salva Kiir; a position which he still holds up to today. Many argue that Kok has converted the Ministry of Health into his very own private economic enterprise; and for his very own socioeconomic and sociopolitical enrichment. There has been little to no government...
...healthcare services’ delivery for the people of South Sudan, since his appointment in 2013.
Since he joined the government of South Sudan under Salva Kiir, Riek Gai Kok has been a key adviser to Kiir on Northern Sudanese affairs.
Kok remains closely associated with North...
Since he joined the government of South Sudan under Salva Kiir, Riek Gai Kok has been a key adviser to Kiir on Northern Sudanese affairs.
Kok remains closely associated with North...
...Sudan; and with the remnants of the former Bashir and NCP regime that are now attempting to reverse the Northern Sudanese People’s December 2018 Revolution which ousted them from power. Kok remains a valuable NCP ally and interlocutor; operating from Juba within the...
...Government of South Sudan, under the auspices and support of Salva Kiir.
*Justice For All South Sudanese*
*“Form the Hybrid Court for South Sudan Now”*
6th January 2020
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*Justice For All South Sudanese*
*“Form the Hybrid Court for South Sudan Now”*
6th January 2020
@robertamsterdam @amsterdamllp
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