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JUBA DECLARATION ON UNITY AND INTERGRATION BETWEEN THE SUDAN PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY (SPLA) AND THE SOUTH SUDAN DEFENCE FORCES (SSDF)

January 8th

PREAMBLE

The SPLA and SSDF having met in Juba between the 6th and 8th January, and fully aware of the provisions of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) regarding the status of the Other Armed Groups (OAG’s).

Committed to upholding and defending the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and its full implementation;

Motivated by their desire for peace, reconciliation and unity among the people of Southern Sudan;

Determined to end all forms of conflict and hostilities among themselves, so as to usher a new era of hope, stability and sustainable development in Southern Sudan;

Further determined to build trust and confidence among themselves and to avoid past mistakes that have led to divisions and internecine conflict between themselves and among the people of Southern Sudan in general;

Cognizant of the fact that the SPLM led Government has already included members of the SSDF in the institutions of Government of National Unity, the Government of Southern Sudan and the Governments of the States to ensure SSDF participation;

Acknowledging that the people of Southern Sudan have one indivisible destiny;

Inspired by the struggle and the immense sacrifices and suffering of our people in defence of their land, freedom, dignity, culture identity and common history; and

Remembering our fallen heroes, heroines and martyrs who paid the ultimate price for the freedom of our people and to ensure that these sacrifices are not in vain;

Do hereby make the following Declaration to be known as the Juba Declaration on Unity and Integration:

Complete and unconditional unity between the SPLA and SSDF.
Agree to immediately integrate their two forces to form one unified, non partisan Army under the name of SPLA as stipulated in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
Immediate and total cessation of all forms of hostilities and to ensure t

JUBA DECLARATION ON UNITY AND INTERGRATION BETWEEN THE SUDAN PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY (SPLA) AND THE SOUTH SUDAN DEFENCE FORCES (SSDF)

January 8th

PREAMBLE

The SPLA and SSDF having met in Juba between the 6th and 8th January, and fully aware of the provisions of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) regarding the status of the Other Armed Groups (OAG’s).

Committed to upholding and defending the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and its full implementation;

Motivated by their desire for peace, reconciliation and unity among the people of Southern Sudan;

Determined to end all forms of conflict and hostilities among themselves, so as to usher a new era of hope, stability and sustainable development in Southern Sudan;

Further determined to build trust and confidence among themselves and to avoid past mistakes that have led to divisions and internecine conflict between themselves and among the people of Southern Sudan in general;

Cognizant of the fact that the SPLM led Government has already included members of the SSDF in the institutions of Government of National Unity, the Government of Southern Sudan and the Governments of the States to ensure SSDF participation;

Acknowledging that the people of Southern Sudan have one indivisible destiny;

Inspired by the struggle and the immense sacrifices and suffering of our people in defence of their land, freedom, dignity, culture identity and common history; and

Remembering our fallen heroes, heroines and martyrs who paid the ultimate price for the freedom of our people and to ensure that these sacrifices are not in vain;

Do hereby make the following Declaration to be known as the Juba Declaration on Unity and Integration:

Complete and unconditional unity between the SPLA and SSDF.
Agree to immediately integrate their two forces to form one unified, non partisan Army under the name of SPLA as stipulated in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
Immediate and total cessation of all forms of hostilities and to ensur

Introduction

Prophecy among the Nuer of South Sudan is a living tradition. In recent conflicts prophets have played a part both in mobilization for war and in making peace. Historically, the most celebrated of the Nuer prophets was Ngundeng Bong, whose pronouncements—preserved in songs widely known in South Sudan—are thought by many to have foretold current events in the country. When Ngundeng’s son Guek was killed by the British in , the symbols of office he had inherited from his father were confiscated. Eighty years later, in , in the run-up to the referendum in South Sudan and subsequent independence, one of these symbols, a ceremonial rod of wood and metal called the dang, which had been in private hands in England, was returned to South Sudan by the historian Douglas Johnson. Its arrival in Juba was greeted with jubilation and the dang was accepted on behalf of the nation by Riek Machar, then the Vice-President. But it was to be the dang’s last public appearance. Since then its whereabouts have become unclear. In mid, Riek Machar was dismissed as Vice-President by the President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir; following an outbreak of fighting in Juba in December Riek fled the capital, declared a rebellion, and a new civil war broke out. In this article, an updated version of a piece that originally appeared in Sudan Studies (July ), Douglas Johnson tells the story of Nungdeng’s dang and his part in its return, analysing its role in South Sudanese history and current events.
 

The history of the dang

Ngundeng Bong, the most famous of the Nuer prophets, lived between c and His father, Bong Can, was a kuar muon (&#;earth-master&#; or &#;leopard-skin chief&#;), originally from the Bul Nuer in the west of the Nuer area, who came to live among the Gaajok in the east, near the Ethiopian border. His mother, Nyayiel, was from the Lou Nuer. Ngundeng was initiated into the Thut age-set in about , but sometime

By Albino Aleu Aduol, U.S.A

September 5, (SSB) &#;- The worldwide will learn just little by little particular, the conflicts which has no end in South Sudan since the beginning of Anya-Anya Two within Upper Nile regions led by the late general Paulino Matip Nhial and others groups of Samuel Gai Tut were in charge following the factionalism of Nasir movement led by the former vice president who turned rebel leader for the second time.

Our people have been letting themselves to be brainwash by some politicians whom are not willing to bring on their ideas for development but fueling conflicts and shown desperation for leadership and I think they are going continues to do so as long as there is no realization for the past mistakes which they have had committed.

Some militias have took a rebellion as a way of becoming a leader but others Southern Sudanese arming themselves as a militias by wrongful thinking, it is norm, normal culture and there is nothing to be a shame even if your Son is about to take your foot-step still fine.

Obviously, I think the world have no idea about Southern Sudanese rebels although, the Dinka&#;s proverb of saying, &#;one Bird can make dirties on the water pool just, because the first Bird who land on water has to take that blamed according to Dinka perhaps; this is not the case now, because the majority of Southern Sudanese people are against this randomly political conflict which has brought death, suffering, destruction of properties, economic down turn, fear and creation of rebellions all these were made by militias.

Our people have been doing this kind of unrest conflict for centuries since when the British had left Sudan and I would not be surprised to hear if the former Nasir movement&#;s leaders have made their alliance to fights against its new nation. Also I am not surprised to hear that, the militias general Johnson Olony is threaten to kill Dinka Padang at Malakal town, because he has been fools by the politicians wit