Communiqué of the Sudan Revolutionary Front

Communique from Sudan Revolutionary Front provided by Ali Abdelatif, Office of Secretary General, SPLM-N

SPLM-N USA Press Release provided by Anwar Elhaj

Communiqué of the Sudan Revolutionary Front

The Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) convened its second meeting on 11th November 2011. Senior leaders representing the four founding organizations attended the meeting.

Impelled by our patriotic duties and answering the call of our people for just peace, democracy, equal citizenship, liberty and decent living standards, we in the Sudan Revolutionary Front are committed to the convergence of both civil political action and armed struggle as the means for achieving these aims. We declare to our people, our friends in neighbouring countries and the world at large, that we have agreed, women and men of one mind, on the following:

1. We affirm our resolve to overthrow the National Congress Party (NCP) regime using all available means, above all, the convergence of civil political action and armed struggle.

2. Our four organizations have added the final signatures to the Kauda Declaration.

3. A High-Level Political Committee has been set up to undertake the day-to-day work, complete the programme and set-up the structures of the Sudan Revolutionary Front. Its members are: Al-rai’h Mahmoud, Abu-Algasim Imam, Ahmed Tugud and Yasir Arman.

4. A Joint High-Level Military Committee has been established to conduct the armed struggle for liberation. It’s first responsibility is to repel the NCP’s vengeful, dry season offensive, which is targeting civilians in war zones, in all the theatres of conflict, including Khartoum, the capital.

5. The meeting agreed on a date for a full meeting of the leadership of the Sudan Revolutionary Front, to be attended by all the Front’s organizations’ leaders to approve the programme, the military and political structures, and appoints the heads of the political and military structures.

6. The High-Level Political Committee has been charged with making contact with all the forces of change working for the overthrow of the regime – political parties and civic organizations – to agree a joint platform and a national consensus for the post-NCP governance arrangements. To that end, the High-Level Political Committee held its inaugural meeting to assess the current political situation in our country, and agree its work schedule for the coming period.

The Committee confirmed that the NCP regime, in spite of its continuous attacks and daily atrocities against the daughters and sons of our people through unending violations of human rights, including war crimes and ethnic cleansing, is presently at its weakest – economically, politically and militarily. The regime is imploding and will vanish, like other corrupt regimes around us that have come to rely on repression to retain power. It has humiliated our people and dismembered our homeland. Should its rule continue, it would lead to further division in Sudan. Those who are keen on the unity and the future well-being of Sudan have no choice other than the overthrow of this regime.

The SRF is calling upon all Sudanese political forces to reject the path of partial political settlement with the NCP regime and adopt a holistic approach for changing the regime’s seat of power in Khartoum. This regime has launched war on Sudanese people in the West, East, South and North, leaving little doubt that the resolution of Sudan’s crisis rests in replacing the Khartoum regime and restructuring the centre of power to the benefit of all the people.

The SRF calls upon all Sudanese, not least, women and youths to join in peaceful, popular resistance and the armed struggle to overthrow the regime.

The SRF calls upon the international community to adopt a clear and definitive position against the policies of the NCP of using food as a weapon and refusing humanitarian relief to the needy.

We direct this call to the friends of our people:

Raise the banner of solidarity! Uphold the right to protect civilians facing air attacks! Uphold the right of the Sudanese people to overthrow dictatorship and achieve democratic change!

Signed:

Yasir Arman- Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement- North

Ahmed Tugud- Justice & Equality Movement

Abu-Algasim Imam- Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (led by Abdel-Wahid Nour)

Al-Rai’h Mahmoud- Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (led by Minni Minnawi)

  (SRF/11^th November 2011)

Rebel groups agree to work together for regime change in Sudan

November 12, 2011 (KHARTOUM) — Four rebel groups agreed Friday to overthrow the government of the National Congress Party (NCP) and to establish a democratic state based on the voluntary unity and neutrality of religion on political matters.

Rebel forces sit on a vehicle as they guard during the visit of JSR Ibrahim Gambari to Fanga Suk village, in East Jebel Marra (West Darfur), on March 18, 2011 (Reuters)

Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), the two main factions of the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdel Wahid Al-Nur (SLM-AW) and Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – North (SPLM-N) announced the establishment of a new alliance called the Revolutionary Forces Front (RFF).

The statement said that RFF is resolved to bring down the regime of the National Congress Party (NCP) through popular and military means. They also announced their determination to fight the regime in all the Sudan’s regions including the capital Khartoum.

The 11 November text is signed by Abul Gassim Al-Haj for the SLM-AW, Ahmed Tugud for the JEM, Al-Rayah Mahmoud representing the SLM-MM and Yasir Arman for the SPLM-N instead of Ramadan Hassan Nimir, who inked a deal on 7 August.

In August, JEM deputy chairman Ahmed Adam Bakheit who represented his group at the talks did not sign the deal but said the group remained committed to the process. At the time, JEM voiced some reserves over the wording of the document on the issue of separation between religion and politics.

However, November’s version of the deal seems similar to what the SLM groups and SPLM-N announced on 8 September.

Sources close to the talks said the parties felt the need to finalise the political agreement before to engaging in joint military operations. The difference over the language of the text should not hinder the activation of the deal particularly the future Sudanese constitution would be decided in future talks, the sources said.

The joint statement released after the signing of the deal says the four representatives of the rebel groups are the members of a political committee. It was also announced that a military committee is formed to lead the alliance forces but no name was disclosed.

The rebels further said the leaders of their groups will meet soon to endorse formally the institutions of the new alliance and to complete the appointments of the political and military positions.

The Sudanese army recently seized Kurmuk town, last SPLM-N stronghold in southern Blue Nile state where hostilities started last September. The army also repelled yesterday an attack carried out by the rebel group in South Kordofan. It was reported that the regular forces inflicted huge loses on the assailants led by SPLM-N deputy chairman Abdel Aziz el-Hilu.

The situation in Darfur has remained calm for several months. The only development was the return of JEM leader, Khalil Ibrahim from Libya, where he was for more than a year. The government says the rebel leader received military and financial support from Gaddafi before the fall of his regime.

The alliance members called on the Sudanese opposition forces to ’reject the partial settlements and to adopt a comprehensive perspective to change the center of power in Khartoum.’

They also said they will contact ’the Sudanese forces of change that work to overthrow the regime, including political forces and civil society organisations to reach a common platform and a national consensus,” for the post- Bashir’s regime.

The main opposition forces remained insensible to the calls of the rebel groups for military action against the government. However, the ruling party accused the Popular Congress Party of Hassan al-Turabi of supporting the rebel groups.

The International Community called on the government and rebel groups to negotiate a peaceful solution to the conflicts. The South Kordofan and Blue Nile conflicts and the eight year war in Darfur might cause a new war between the north and South Sudan which has been independent since July.

Khartoum accuses Juba of supporting the rebel groups in a proxy war over the control of Abyei area and other disputed border regions. On the other hand Juba accuses Khartoum of backing the rebel groups in the South Sudan to undermine the political stability in the newly independent republic and to re-annex it to the north again.

(ST)

http://www.sudantribune.com/Rebel-groups-agree-to-work,40706

Picking Brand Names in China Is a Business Itself

Readers,

This is an hilarious article from the NYT! Of course, it would definitely horrify those who have been singing the litany of Chinese takeover of the world as it would confirm the lightning speed of the accelerating process. But the article is so much fun, politics aside! Please read through till the end, it would make your day! Thanks, PaanLuel Wel.

Shiho Fukada for The New York Times

The literal translation of Nike, pronounced Nai ke in Chinese, is “Enduring and Persevering.”

By MICHAEL WINES

BEIJING — After a hard day’s labor, your average upscale Beijinger likes nothing more than to shuck his dress shoes for a pair of Enduring and Persevering, rev up his Precious Horse and head to the pub for a tall, frosty glass of Happiness Power.

Western companies choosing a brand name in China now rely on consultants and linguistic analyses to ensure that consumers are attracted rather than amused or even repelled.

Or, if he’s a teetotaler, a bottle of Tasty Fun.

To Westerners, that’s Nike, BMW, Heineken and Coca-Cola, respectively. And those who wish to snicker should feel free: the companies behind these names are laughing too — all the way to the bank.

More than many nations, China is a place where names are imbued with deep significance. Western companies looking to bring their products to China face a problem not unlike that of Chinese parents naming a baby boy: little Gang (“strong”) may be regarded quite differently than little Yun (“cloud”). Given that China’s market for consumer goods is growing by better than 13 percent annually — and luxury-goods sales by 25 percent — an off-key name could have serious financial consequences.

And so the art of picking a brand name that resonates with Chinese consumers is no longer an art. It has become a sort of science, with consultants, computer programs and linguistic analyses to ensure that what tickles a Mandarin ear does not grate on a Cantonese one.

Art “is only a very, very tiny piece of it,” said Vladimir Djurovic, president of the Labbrand Consulting Company in Shanghai, which has made a business of finding names for Western companies entering the Chinese market.

Maybe. But there is a lot of artistry in the best of the West.

The paradigm probably is the Chinese name for Coca-Cola, Kekoukele, which not only sounds like Coke’s English name, but conveys its essence of taste and fun in a way that the original name could not hope to match.

There are many others. Consider Tide detergent, Taizi, whose Chinese characters literally mean “gets rid of dirt.” (Characters are important: the same sound written differently could mean “too purple.”)

There is also Reebok, or Rui bu, which means “quick steps.” And Colgate — Gao lu jie — which translates into “revealing superior cleanliness.” And Lay’s snack foods — Le shi — whose name means “happy things.” Nike (Nai ke) and BMW (Bao Ma, echoing the first two sounds of its English and German names) also have worn well on Chinese ears.

Still, finding a good name involves more than coming up with clever homonyms to the original English.

“Do you want to translate your name, or come up with a Chinese brand?” said Monica Lee, the managing director of the Brand Union, a Beijing consultancy. “If you go for phonetic sounds, everyone knows where you are from — you’re immediately identified as a foreign brand.”

For some products, having a foreign-sounding name lends a cachet that a true Chinese name would lack. Many upscale brands like Cadillac (Ka di la ke), or Hilton (Xi er dun), employ phonetic translations that mean nothing in Chinese. Rolls-Royce (Laosi-Laisi) includes two Chinese characters for “labor” and “plants” that more or less have become standard usage in foreign names — all to achieve a distinct foreign look and sound.

But on the other hand, a genuine Chinese name can say things about a product that a mere collection of homonyms never could. Take Citibank, Hua qi yinhang, which literally means “star-spangled banner bank,” or Marriott, Wan hao, or “10,000 wealthy elites.” Or Pentium, Ben teng, which means “galloping.” Asked to introduce Marvel comics to China, the Labbrand consultants came up not long ago with “Man wei” — roughly phonetic, foreign-sounding and eminently suited to superheroes with the meaning “comic power.”

Western companies choosing a brand name in China now rely on consultants and linguistic analyses to ensure that consumers are attracted rather than amused or even repelled.

To introduce Clear dandruff shampoo to young Chinese, who are already inundated with foreign brands, Ms. Lee’s firm decided to focus on the shampoo’s image. “It’s not about where this product comes from; it’s about the benefit it can bring to you,” she said. The ultimate choice, Qing Yang, combines the Chinese words for “clear” and for “flying,” or “scattering to the wind.”

“It’s very light, healthy and happy,” Ms. Lee said. “Think of hair in the air.”

“Clear” is one of a select number of Chinese words that carry unusually positive connotations, and that find their way into many brands’ names. Others include “le” and “xi,” or happy; “li,” meaning “strength” or “power”; “ma” or horse; and “fu,” translated as “lucky” or “auspicious.”

Thus the name for Heineken beer, Xi li, and the many automobile brands — Mercedes, BMW, even Kia — that include a horse in their Chinese names (one Kia sedan is named Qian li ma, or “thousand-kilometer horse,” an allusion to strength).

Precisely why some Chinese words are so freighted with emotion is anyone’s guess. But Denise Sabet, the vice general manager at Labbrand, suggests that the reasons include cultural differences and the Chinese reliance on characters for words, rather than a phonetic alphabet. Each character is a collection of drawings that can carry meanings all their own.

Then again, some meanings are best avoided.

Microsoft had to think twice about bringing its Bing search engine here because in Chinese, the most common definitions of the character pronounced “bing” are “disease,” “defect” and “virus” — rather inauspicious for a computer product. The revised name, Bi ying, roughly means “responds without fail.”

Peugeot (Biao zhi) sounds enough like the Chinese slang for “prostitute” (biaozi) that in southern China, where the pronunciations are especially close, the brand has inspired dirty jokes. And in China, the popular Mr. Muscle line of cleaners has been renamed Mr. Powerful, (Weimeng Xiansheng). The product’s maker said in an e-mail that it had forgotten why.

But it could be that when it is spoken, the name Mr. Muscle has a second, less appealing meaning: Mr. Chicken Meat.

Adam Century and Li Bibo contributed research.

UN Calls for Probe Into Sudanese Bombing of Refugee Camp

UN Calls for Probe Into Sudanese Bombing of Refugee Camp
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Sudan army denies bombing South Sudan refugee camp
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KHARTOUM, Sudan—Sudan’s military is denying that its forces bombed a refugee camp across the border in South Sudan. Aid workers in the Yida camp and officials in South Sudan said military aircraft crossed the border and dropped bombs Thursday in and …

Sudan Criticizes UN Representatives Statements as Flagrantly Biased
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Oxfam withdraws South Sudan staff
BBC News
British aid agency Oxfam is withdrawing its staff from a volatile border region of South Sudan in response to increasing instability. Oxfam said there had been aerial bombing and artillery fire for several hours on Friday in Upper Nile state. …

Sudan Escalating Military Action Against South Sudan
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New satellite images suggest that the Sudanese government is expanding its military presence in the southern region of Sudan near the border with South Sudan. The watchdog group Satellite Sentinel Project in partnership with the Harvard Humanitarian …

South Sudan president replaces head of anti-corruption commission
Sudan Tribune
November 11, 2011 (JUBA) – The President of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has fired the head of the anti-corruption commission, Pauline Riak, and replaced her with a judge from the Supreme Court. Dr. Pauline Riak, chairperson of …

South Sudan: Ministry of Information Sends Staff to Egypt for Training
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Sudan: Ambassador Rice On South Sudan, Southern Khartoum
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Ambassador Rice: I wanted to say a few words about Sudan, which we are discussing this morning in the Council. The United States is very gravely concerned about the escalation in tensions between the government of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan. …

Akol reassures Kiir SPLM-DC will seek change through democratic means
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Aid workers moved to safety amid South Sudan violence
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By the CNN Wire Staff A Sudanese man surveys damages last month at his house caused by fighting in the border region of South Kordofan. (CNN) — Oxfam will relocate workers and scale back operations in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state following a surge …

South Sudan: Juba Urged to Release Journalists Held Over Article
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Presidential Decrees Relieving and Appointing Chairpersons of Independent Commissions and Institutions

Decrees relieving and appointing chairpersons of independent commissions

JUBA, 12 November 2011 – President Kiir issued Presidential Decree No. 59/2011 for the Relieve of the following Chairpersons of the Independent Commissions and Institutions, Republic of South Sudan, 2011, A.D.

S/N	NAME IN FULL	PORTFOLIO	COMMISSION/INSTITUTION
1	Dr. Pauline Riak	Chairperson	Anti-Corruption
2	Mr. Deng Biong Mijak	Chairperson	Law Review
3	Dr. Deng Dongrin Akuany	Chairperson	Public Grievances Chamber
4	Mr. Steven Kiliona Wondu	Chairperson	Audit Chamber
5	Rev. William Chan	Chairperson	Relief and Rehabilitation
6	Mr. Jurkuc Barac Jurkuc	Chairperson	De-Mining Authority
7	Mr. Peter Guang Akiech	Chairperson	Peace and Reconciliation
8	Mr. William Deng Deng	Chairperson	Demobilization, Disarmament and Re-integration
9	Dr. Esterina Novello Nyilok	Chairperson	HIV/AIDS
10	Mr. Isaiah Chol Aruai	Chairperson	Centre for Statistics and Evaluation
11	Mr. Lawrence Kodis Korbandy	Chairperson	Human Rights
12	Mr. Alakaya Aligo Samson	Chairperson	Reconstruction and Development Fund
13	Mrs. Philister Baya Lawiri	Chairperson	Civil Service
14	Mr. Robert Lado Loki	Chairperson	Land
15	Mr. Dhieu Mathok	Chairperson	Employees Justice  Chamber
16	Mr. Ben Oduho	Chairperson	War Disable, Widow and Orphan
17	Prof. Ajuoi Magot Chol	Chairperson	Electricity Corporation
18	Mr. Gabriel Mathiang Rok	Chairperson	Fiscal, Financial Allocation and Monitoring
19	Mr. David Koak Guak	Chairperson	Local Government Board
20	Mr.Chamjuok Wiitour	Managing Director	South Sudan Urban Water Corporation

Presidential Decree No. 62/2011 for the Appointment of the following Chairpersons of the Independent Commissions and Institutions, Republic of South Sudan, 2011, A.D.

S/N	NAME IN FULL	PORTFOLIO	COMMISSION/INSTITUTION
1	Justice John Gatwich Lul (on secondment)	Chairperson	Anti-Corruption
2	Prof. Akolde Ma’an Tier	Chairperson	Law Review
3	Mr. Deng Biong Mijak	Chairperson	Public Grievances Chamber
4	Mr. Steven Kiliona Wondu	Chairperson	Audit Chamber
5	Mr. Duer Tut Duel	Chairperson	Relief and Rehabilitation
6	Mr. Jurkuc Barac Jurkuc	Chairperson	De-Mining Authority
7	Mr. Chuol Rambang Louth	Chairperson	Peace and Reconciliation
8	Mr. William Deng Deng	Chairperson	Demobilization, Disarmament and Re-integration
9	Dr. Esterina Novello Nyilok	Chairperson	HIV/AIDS
10	Mr. Isaiah Chol Aruai	Chairperson	Centre for Statistics and Evaluation
11	Mr. Lawrence Kodis Korbandy	Chairperson	Human Rights
12	Gen.(Rtd) Fortunato Longar Ayuel	Chairperson	Reconstruction and Development Fund
13	Mrs. Philister Baya Lawiri	Chairperson	Civil Service
14	Mr. Robert Lado Lwoki	Chairperson	Land
15	Mr. Dhieu Mathok Diing	Chairperson	Employees Justice  Chamber
16	Mr. Deng Dau Deng Malek	Chairperson	War Disable, Widow and Orphan
17	Mr. Beck Awan Deng	Chairperson	Electricity Corporation
18	Mr. Gabriel Mathiang Rok	Chairperson	Fiscal, Financial Allocation and Monitoring
19	Mr. David Koak Guak	Chairperson	Local Government Board
20	Mr. Chamjuok Wiitour	Managing Director	South Sudan Urban Water Corporation

Reported by Thomas Kenneth

Decrees relieving and appointing deputy chairpersons of commissions

JUBA, 12 November 2011 – Presidential Decree No. 60/2011 for the Relieve of the following Deputy Chairpersons of the Independent Commissions and Institutions, Republic of South Sudan, 2011, A.D.

S/N	NAME IN FULL	PORTFOLIO	COMMISSION/INSTITUTION
1	Mr. Johnny Saverio Ayik	D/Chairperson	Anti-Corruption
2	Mr. Mohammed Maharajan	D/Chairperson	Public Grievances Chamber
3	Mr. Tombe Logale Lukak	D/Chairperson	Audit Chamber
4	Ms. Yar Paul Kuol	D/Chairperson	Relief and Rehabilitation
5	Mr. Nyang Chol Dhuor	D/Chairperson	De-Mining Authority
6	Mr. Peter Guang Akich	D/Chairperson	Peace and Reconciliation
7	Mrs. Anna Kim Hoth	D/Chairperson	Demobilization, Disarmament and Re-integration
8	Dr. Achol Ayom	D/Chairperson	HIV/AIDS
9	Mr. John Maciek Acuoth	D/Chairperson	Centre for Statistics and Evaluation
10	Mr. Biel Jock Thich	D/Chairperson	Human Rights
11	Mr. Majur Mayor Machar	D/Chairperson	Reconstruction and Development Fund
12	Mr. Thomas Dut	D/Chairperson	Civil Service
13	Mr. Wilson Kiri	D/Chairperson	Land
14	Mrs. Sylvia Michael Lugari	D/Chairperson	Employees Justice  Chamber
15	Mr. Abbas Yousif Bamba	D/Chairperson	War Disable, Widow and Orphan
16	Mr. Anthony Arike Lowly	D/Chairperson	Local Government Board

Presidential Decree No. 63/2011 for the Appointment of the Deputy Chairpersons of the Independent Commissions and Institutions, Republic of South Sudan, 2011, A.D.

S/N	NAME IN FULL	PORTFOLIO	COMMISSION/INSTITUTION
1	Mr. Johnny Saverio	D/Chairperson	Anti-Corruption
2	Mr. Martinson Mathew Oturomoi	D/Chairperson	Law Review
3	Mr. Mohammed Maragan	D/Chairperson	Public Grievances Chamber
4	Mr. Tombe Logale Lukak	D/Chairperson	Audit Chamber
5	Ms. Javana Luka Kpaksiro	D/Chairperson	Relief and Rehabilitation
6	Mr. Nyang Chol	D/Chairperson	De-Mining Authority
7	Mr. Peter Guang	D/Chairperson	Peace and Reconciliation
8	Mr. Majur Mayor Machar	D/Chairperson	Demobilization, Disarmament and Re-integration
9	Ms. Achol Ayom	D/Chairperson	HIV/AIDS
10	Mr. John Maciek Acuoth	D/Chairperson	Centre for Statistics and Evaluation
11	Mr. Biel Jock Thich	D/Chairperson	Human Rights
12	Mrs. Ann Kima Hoth	D/Chairperson	Reconstruction and Development Fund
13	Mr. Thomas Dut Gatkek	D/Chairperson	Civil Service
14	Mr. Kornelio Goja Lado Kulang	D/Chairperson	Land
15	Mrs. Sylvia Michael Lugor	D/Chairperson	Employees Justice  Chamber
16	Mr. Abbas Ramba	D/Chairperson	War Disable, Widow and Orphan
17	Mr. Gordon Maper Manyiel	D/Chairperson	Electricity Corporation
18	Mr. Ben Oduho	D/Chairperson	Fiscal, Financial Allocation and Monitoring
19	Mr. Anthony Ariki Lowly	D/Chairperson	Local Government Board
20	Mrs. Yar Paul Kuol	D/Managing Director	South Sudan Urban Water Corporation

Reported by Thomas Kenneth Elisapana

President Kiir relieves undersecretaries

JUBA, 12 November 2011 – The President of the Republic of South Sudan H.E. Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit on Friday Nov. 11th, 2011 issued Presidential Decree No. 64/2011 for the Relieve of the following Undersecretaries of the Ministries, Republic of South Sudan. They are: –

S/N	NAME IN FULL	PORTFOLIO	MINISTRY
1	Mr. Abdon Agau Nhial	Secretary General	Cabinet Affairs
2	Mr. Bior Ajang	Undersecretary	Defence and Veterans Affairs
3	Mr. Majok Guandong	Undersecretary	Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
4	Mr. Jeremiah Wani Swaka	Undersecretary	Justice
5	Dr. Julia Aker Duany	Undersecretary	Parliamentary Affairs
6	Mr. Salvatore Garang Maboirdit	Undersecretary for Finance and Economic Planning	Finance and Economic Planning
7	Mrs. Angeth De Dut	Undersecretary	Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development
8	Dr. Olivia Lomoro	Undersecretary	Health
9	Mr. George Garang Deng	Undersecretary	Information and Broadcasting
10	Mr. Jaden Emilio Tongun	Undersecretary	Agriculture and Forestry
	Mr. Mathew Udo	Undersecretary	Agriculture and Forestry
11	Eng. Jacob Marial	Undersecretary	Roads and Bridges
12	Mr. George Justin Achor	Undersecretary	General Education and Instruction
13	Prof. Sibrino Forojalla	Undersecretary of Research, Science and Technology	Higher Education, Science and Technology
14	Mr. Martin Mou Mou	Undersecretary of High Education	Higher Education, Science and Technology
15	Ms. Elizabeth Manoah Majok	Undersecretary	Commerce, Industry and Investment
16	Mr. Akuei Deng Akuei	Undersecretary	Commerce, Industry and Investment
17	Amb. Kuol Alor	Undersecretary	Environment
18	Mr. Dobuol Lualweng	Undersecretary	Housing and Physical Planning
19	Eng. Juma Stephen Lugga	Undersecretary	Telecommunication and Postal Services
20	Dr. David Loro Gubek	Undersecretary	Petroleum and Mining
21	Ms. Margaret Mathiang	Undersecretary	Gender, Child and Social Welfare
22	Amb. Ajang Mayik Ajang	Undersecretary	Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management
23	Mr. Isaac Liabwel	Undersecretary	Water Resources and Irrigation
24	Mr. Daniel Wani Nyombe	Undersecretary	Wildlife Conservation and Tourism
25	Dr. Makuei Malual Kaang	Undersecretary	Animal Resources and Fisheries
26	Mr. Peter Batista Abakar	Undersecretary	Culture, Youth and Sports
27	Dr. Jok Madut Jok	Undersecretary	Culture, Youth and Sports

Reported by Thomas Kenneth Elisapana

President Kiir appoints undersecretaries

JUBA, 12 November 2011 – The President of the Republic of South Sudan H.E. Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit on Friday Nov. 2011 issued Presidential Decree No. 65/2011 for the appointment of the following Undersecretaries of the Ministries, Republic of South Sudan. They are: –

S/N	NAME IN FULL	PORTFOLIO	MINISTRY
1	Mr. Abdon Agau Nhial	Secretary General	Cabinet Affairs
2	Mr. Bior Ajang	Undersecretary	Defence and Veterans Affairs
3	Amb. Charles Manyang Awol	Undersecretary	Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
4	Mr. Mayen Wol	Chief Administrator	Office of the President
5	Mr. Jeremiah Wani Swaka	Undersecretary	Justice
6	Mr. Gabriel Deng	Undersecretary	Parliamentary Affairs
7	Mr. Salvatore Garang Maboirdit	1st Undersecretary	Finance and Economic Planning
8	(To be appointed)	Undersecretary for Economic Planning	Finance and Economic Planning
9	Mrs. Angeth De Dut	Undersecretary for Public Service	Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development
10	Ms. Gai Deng Nhial	Undersecretary for Labour and Human Resource Development	Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development
11	Dr. Makur Matur Kariom	Undersecretary	Health
12	Mr. George Garang Deng	Undersecretary	Information and Broadcasting
13	Mr. Jaden Togun Emelio	Undersecretary	Agriculture and Forestry
14	Mr. Mathew Gordon Udo	Undersecretary	Agriculture and Forestry
15	Eng. Jacob Marial	Undersecretary	Roads and Bridges
16	Pilot David Martin Hassan	Undersecretary	Transport
17	Mr. Deng Deng Hoc Yai	Undersecretary	General Education and Instruction
18	Prof. Sibrino Forjalla	Undersecretary of Research, Science and Technology	Higher Education, Science and Technology
19	Ms. Elizabeth Manoah Majok	Undersecretary	Commerce, Industry and Investment
20	Mr. Simon Nyang Anei	Undersecretary	Commerce, Industry and Investment
21	Prof. Scopas Jibi Dima	Undersecretary	Environment
22	Eng. Alikaya Aligo	Undersecretary	Housing and Physical Planning
23	Eng. Juma Stephen Lugga	Undersecretary	Telecommunication and Postal Services
24	Eng. Lawrence Loku Moyu	Undersecretary	Electricity and Dams
25	Mr. Machar Aciek Ader	Undersecretary	Petroleum and Mining
26	Ms. Esther Ikere Eluzaia	Undersecretary	Gender, Child and Social Welfare
27	Mr. Clement Dominic	Undersecretary	Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management
28	Mr. Isaac Liabwel C. Yol	Undersecretary	Water Resources and Irrigation
29	Mr. Charles Yosaw Acire	Undersecretary	Wildlife Conservation and Tourism
30	Dr. Makuei Malual Kaang	Undersecretary	Animal Resources and Fisheries
31	Mr. Peter Batista Abakar	Undersecretary	Culture, Youth and Sports
32	Dr. Jok Madut Jok	Undersecretary	Culture, Youth and Sports

Reported by Thomas Kenneth Elisapana

President Kiir appoints new OP Chief Administrator

JUBA, 12 November 2011 – The President of the Republic H.E. Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit on Friday Nov. 11th, 2011 issues Presidential Decree No. 61/2011 for the Relieve of Deputy Chief of Staff in the Office of the President, Republic of South Sudan, Mr. Martinson Mathew Oturomoi.
President Kiir also issued Presidential Decree No. 65/2011 for the appointment of Mr. Mayen Wol as Chief Administrator in the Office of the President of the Republic of South Sudan.

Reported by Thomas Kenneth Elisapana

Source: http://www.goss.org/

South Sudan president replaces head of anti-corruption commission

November 11, 2011 (JUBA) – The President of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has fired the head of the anti-corruption commission, Pauline Riak, and replaced her with a judge from the Supreme Court.

Dr. Pauline Riak, chairperson of Southern Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission from 2006 until November 2011 (ST)

In a move that appears to be an attempt to improve South Sudan’s poor track record at fighting corruption, President Kiir on Friday issued a presidential decree relieving the chairperson of the South Sudan anti-corruption commission and replacing her with Judge John Gatwech Lul.

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http://www.sudantribune.com/South-Sudan-president-replaces,40699

S. Sudan President speaks on detention of journalists

November 10, 2011 (JUBA) — South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, has justified the action of his security services in the continuing detention of two journalists who have been in detention, one for eight and one for six days…….

China Sends Peacekeeping Police Squad For South Sudan
Bernama
BEIJING, Nov 12 (Bernama) — China on Friday night saw off its first police squad for South Sudan, who will take part in the United Nations peacekeeping missions in the African country, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement Saturday. …

SDF mission to South Sudan prompts Japanese concerns over safety
Mainichi Daily News
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japan’s recent decision to send Self-Defense Force engineers to South Sudan on a peacekeeping mission may win approval from its international allies, but domestic concerns remain about the safety of SDF personnel in the country, …

UN official decries attack in South Sudan
Washington Post
UNITED NATIONS — The UN’s top human rights official called Friday for an “independent, thorough and credible investigation” into allegations that Sudan’s air force had bombed a refugee camp in South Sudan. “If indeed it is established that an …

Sudan’s UN ambassador denies aerial bombardment
Sacramento Bee
AP UNITED NATIONS — Sudan’s UN ambassador is denying reports his country has bombed areas of South Sudan, and the American ambassador says he’s a liar. Sudanese Ambassador Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman told journalists after a Security Council meeting on …