Elections in #SouthSudan CANNOT be delayed anymore.
They must be conducted at the end of 2022 as stipulated in the R-ARCSS.
Delaying further will be indicative of more experimentation by external elements. Experimentation STILL borne out of a lack of understanding of what...
...the people of South Sudan NOW need, & deserve, to take them out of their cycle of hostage.
They must NOW be permitted to “freely & fairly” choose the leaders that they want; not those that have been thrust upon them by foreigners & outside beneficiaries for years.
Everyone in #SouthSudan now knows who the spoilers of their new country are; & they can be dealt with quite easily, if the foreign stakeholders & so-called “Friends of South Sudan” are indeed serious to help the people of the new country.
This is now the final & real test of just how “genuine & honest” those “Foreign Friends” really are wrt to moving the lives of millions out of fragility.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on #Uganda’s January 14 elections, which saw President Yoweri Museveni secure a 6th term in office amid government... menendez.senate.gov/newsroom/press…
...repression and allegations of vote rigging.
“Sadly, Uganda’s January 14th elections were yet another reminder that the Museveni regime has no interest in respecting the democratic aspirations of the Ugandan people. The pervasive harassment of opposition politicians, the...
...obstruction of election observers, repeated abuses by security forces and internet blackouts, and allegations of vote rigging, have cast serious doubt on the credibility of the entire electoral process. At this juncture, I call on Ugandan authorities to cease their...
EC excludes results from over 1,200 polling stations @DailyMonitor
“Thousands of votes cast at some 1,257 polling stations countrywide were not included in the presidential election results that the @UgandaEC announced...”
*Summary*
The most affected is Wakiso District where of the 1,434 polling stations, the EC final results excluded tallies from as many as 271, according to our analysis of the official results
Thousands of votes cast at some 1,257 polling stations countrywide were not...
...included in the presidential election results that the Electoral Commission (EC) announced on Saturday, this newspaper can reveal.
The most affected is Wakiso District where of the 1,434 polling stations, the EC final results excluded tallies from as many as 271, according...
...during the polls. We strongly urge independent, credible, impartial, & thorough investigations into these reports & that those responsible be held accountable. We condemn the continuing attacks on political candidates & urge the government to respect their human rights...
...& fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of expression. We are gravely concerned by harassment of & continued threats to civil society.
Finally, we note the continued nationwide shutdown of the Internet & call for its immediate restoration along with that...
“If I could speak to Ugandans, I would tell them - and I know - soon I will be able to speak to them. I will tell them to reject the fraudulent results that the electoral commission is announcing with the contempt they deserve. I will tell them to stand firm, not...
to lose heart; to stand firm and claim that their voice reign supreme. I will tell the Ugandans to be strong and know that this is not the end, but just the beginning of a large and lengthy struggle for the voice of the people to reign supreme. I know that General Museveni,...
...using the military, cutting off the internet and cutting off all communication, is trying to keep #Uganda in the dark; and to keep the eyes of the world away, to make sure they oppress and suppress the voice of the people of Uganda. So I call upon the people of Uganda, not...
*HIV/AIDS in South Sudan: The Diagnosis That Leads to the Murder of Doctors*
*Thon Wal* is an officer within the South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS).
He was partly trained in Khartoum, Sudan, by the north Sudanese National Intelligence Security Service of the former Omar Hassan Al-Bashir and National Congress Party regime.
Aside from being a...
...policeman in the SSNPS, Thon Wal has also been operating in South Sudan for several years as a “private contractor” within the South Sudanese security apparatuses. Mercenaries who make themselves available for hire; and are sometimes more commonly called, the “Unknown Gunmen”.
*HIV/AIDS in South Sudan: The Diagnosis That Leads to the Murder of Doctors*
As South Sudan passes the seven year anniversary marking the commencement of its 2013 civil war; in the second part of his “Personal Reflection” (1), the elder brother of the late Dr. Ding Col Dau Ding (2) shall reveal details regarding the...
...former Inspector General of Police (IGP) of South Sudan - *Makuei Deng Majuch* - and why he has been obstructing a murder investigation for over five years. (3)